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Biden administration withdraws from Connecticut transgender athlete case
Posted on 2/24/21 at 10:32 am
Posted on 2/24/21 at 10:32 am
Mister Moderate.
The Biden administration has moved to withdraw federal support for a lawsuit against the state of Connecticut seeking to prohibit it from letting transgender athletes compete in girls' sports at the high school level, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.
The Justice Department's withdrawal came ahead of a Friday hearing in the case over the state's motion to dismiss the lawsuit. The families of three high school girls sued Connecticut officials in 2020, arguing that allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls' sports forced athletes "to compete against boys."
“Forcing them to compete against boys isn’t fair, shatters their dreams, and destroys their athletic opportunities,” an attorney for the plaintiffs, Christiana Holcomb, said last year. “Having separate boys’ and girls’ sports has always been based on biological differences, not what people believe about their gender, because those differences matter for fair competition."
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Former Attorney General William Barr agreed, arguing in court documents at the time that the state's current policy runs afoul of Title IX, which guarantees girls equal access to sports and other school activities.
“Under [the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference's] interpretation of Title IX, however, schools may not account for the real physiological differences between men and women. Instead, schools must have certain biological males — namely, those who publicly identify as female — compete against biological females,” Barr's filing read. “In so doing, CIAC deprives those women of the single-sex athletic competitions that are one of the marquee accomplishments of Title IX."
In a filing this week, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut John Durham wrote that the Justice Department had "reconsidered the matter," according to the AP.
The news was celebrated by Connecticut Attorney General William Tong (D), who told the AP, “Transgender girls are girls and every woman and girl deserves protection against discrimination. Period."
President Biden has signaled that he will oversee a reversal of the Trump administration's general policy stance towards transgender Americans' rights. In late January, days after taking office, he issued an executive order repealing his predecessor's ban on transgender Americans serving in the armed forces.
“What I’m doing is enabling all qualified Americans to serve their country in uniform and essentially restoring the situation … where transgender personnel, if qualified in every other way, can serve their government in the United States military,” Biden said at the time. LINK
The Biden administration has moved to withdraw federal support for a lawsuit against the state of Connecticut seeking to prohibit it from letting transgender athletes compete in girls' sports at the high school level, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.
The Justice Department's withdrawal came ahead of a Friday hearing in the case over the state's motion to dismiss the lawsuit. The families of three high school girls sued Connecticut officials in 2020, arguing that allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls' sports forced athletes "to compete against boys."
“Forcing them to compete against boys isn’t fair, shatters their dreams, and destroys their athletic opportunities,” an attorney for the plaintiffs, Christiana Holcomb, said last year. “Having separate boys’ and girls’ sports has always been based on biological differences, not what people believe about their gender, because those differences matter for fair competition."
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Former Attorney General William Barr agreed, arguing in court documents at the time that the state's current policy runs afoul of Title IX, which guarantees girls equal access to sports and other school activities.
“Under [the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference's] interpretation of Title IX, however, schools may not account for the real physiological differences between men and women. Instead, schools must have certain biological males — namely, those who publicly identify as female — compete against biological females,” Barr's filing read. “In so doing, CIAC deprives those women of the single-sex athletic competitions that are one of the marquee accomplishments of Title IX."
In a filing this week, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut John Durham wrote that the Justice Department had "reconsidered the matter," according to the AP.
The news was celebrated by Connecticut Attorney General William Tong (D), who told the AP, “Transgender girls are girls and every woman and girl deserves protection against discrimination. Period."
President Biden has signaled that he will oversee a reversal of the Trump administration's general policy stance towards transgender Americans' rights. In late January, days after taking office, he issued an executive order repealing his predecessor's ban on transgender Americans serving in the armed forces.
“What I’m doing is enabling all qualified Americans to serve their country in uniform and essentially restoring the situation … where transgender personnel, if qualified in every other way, can serve their government in the United States military,” Biden said at the time. LINK
Posted on 2/24/21 at 10:36 am to Jbird
quote:
“Transgender girls are girls and every woman and girl deserves protection against discrimination. Period."
Do they have periods?
Posted on 2/24/21 at 10:38 am to Snoopy04
quote:
“Transgender girls are girls and every woman and girl deserves protection against discrimination. Period."
The party of science.
Posted on 2/24/21 at 10:39 am to Snoopy04
quote:Oddly no, they do have high Testosterone levels.
Do they have periods?
Posted on 2/24/21 at 10:39 am to Jbird
I can’t wait to see what the new feminism is after trans take over women’s empowerment.
Posted on 2/24/21 at 10:39 am to Jbird
quote:
The Justice Department's withdrawal came ahead of a Friday hearing in the case over the state's motion to dismiss the lawsuit.
Doesn’t matter... the Judge can just substitute someone to litigate the case. Just like Emmett Sullivan did. Precedent n’ shite.
Posted on 2/24/21 at 10:40 am to Jbird
Tong is a damn moron. Trannies ARE NOT girls. They are mentally ill boys pretending to be girls, and physiology proves they have inherent advantages over biological girls.
fricking leftists in this country are doing their dead level best to turn this country into a 2nd rate shite hole.
fricking leftists in this country are doing their dead level best to turn this country into a 2nd rate shite hole.
Posted on 2/24/21 at 10:40 am to Jbird
Phuck em, they voted for the insanity. Now they can enjoy the shite show.
Posted on 2/24/21 at 10:44 am to Jbird
quote:
President Biden has signaled that he will oversee a reversal of the Trump administration's general policy stance towards transgender Americans' rights. In late January, days after taking office, he issued an executive order repealing his predecessor's ban on transgender Americans serving in the armed forces.
there was no ban on transgenders in the military.
Posted on 2/24/21 at 10:47 am to Wolfmanjack
I agree but I’ll lose my shite the first time an average ‘male’ athlete starts checking my little girls in field hockey.
Posted on 2/24/21 at 10:57 am to hottub
Hell the former Eastern Bloc countries are going to clean up in the Olympics.
Posted on 2/24/21 at 11:00 am to hottub
quote:
lose my shite the first time an average ‘male’ athlete starts checking my little girls in field hockey.
what about when they are checking her out in the locker room?
that is my fear
Posted on 2/24/21 at 11:04 am to Wolfmanjack
quote:
Phuck em, they voted for the insanity. Now they can enjoy the shite show.
What I don't get is why they are doing this for a small group of nuts. A majority of the country do not support this transgender madness but they keep pushing it.
Posted on 2/24/21 at 11:05 am to dgnx6
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there was no ban on transgenders in the military.
This is 100% wrong.
The Trump administration ban enacted in the fall of 2017, barred any new enlistment of a transpersons or what is referred to as an accession. Any person who did not come forward to their chain of command before April 2018, would not be grandfathered into the system and would not remain in service. Those that were currently transitioning, had completed transition (a handful), had announced to their CoC of their status, or were being seen by behavioral health and their primary care provider, were allowed to stay.
So, in my case, I’m transgender and was waiting for the DA (Department of the Army) results for the Lieutenant Colonel O5 promotion board. The board results came out and I was selected for promotion, but I could not transfer to the reserves to pick up the rank, because lateral transfers amongst service components, was considered a new accession. And transpersons were banned as being new accessions. So I quietly retired later that year after 23 years.
This post was edited on 2/24/21 at 11:06 am
Posted on 2/24/21 at 11:06 am to Perse
quote:
What I don't get is why they are doing this for a small group of nuts. A majority of the country do not support this transgender madness but they keep pushing it.
Barack's penis filled pants wife started it
Posted on 2/24/21 at 11:08 am to Jbird
If something is going to go to shite might as well happen quickly.
Everyone needs to identify as a woman. Lower your insurance rates, be an affirmative action hire, get that gendered scholarship, etc.
Everyone needs to identify as a woman. Lower your insurance rates, be an affirmative action hire, get that gendered scholarship, etc.
Posted on 2/24/21 at 11:09 am to Jbird
Sorry women, but many of you helped bring this on yourselves.
Posted on 2/24/21 at 11:10 am to PsychTiger
I kinda hope an Olympic women's boxing team runs the table in the near future busting some jaws along the way.
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