Idaho State track athletes want transgender lawsuit tossed
Idaho State track athletes want transgender lawsuit tossed
Two female track athletes at Idaho State University want a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a new state law banning transgender women from competing in womenβs sports.
ATHLETES AT IDAHOSTATE UNIVERSITY...HAVE ASKED AFEDERAL JUDGE TODISMISS A LAWSUITCHALLENGING A NEWSTATE LAW...BANNINGTRANSGENDERWOMEN... FROMCOMPETING INWOMEN'S SPORTS.AS WE TOLD YOU...THE LAW -- WHICHPASSED THISSESSION -- IS THEFIRST OF ITS KIND INTHE COUNTRY.THE ACLU AND"LEGAL VOICE"...PROMPTLY SUED...SAYING THE LAWVIOLATES THE U-SCONSTITUTION.THE TWO YOUNGWOMEN FROM I-S-U...FILED A REQUESTTODAY... SIDING WITHTHE STATE... INFIGHTING THE SUIT.THEY SAY THEY'VELOST TO ATRANSGENDERATHLETE... AND THATTRANS ATHLETESPRESENT UNFAIRCOMPETITION.UNDER CURRENTN-C-DOUBLE-ARULES... TRANSATHLETES MUSTUNDERGO A YEAR OFHORMONE THERAPY...BEFORE COMPETING.
