Girls Track Athletes Take Connecticut To Court To Keep Men Out Of Their Sport

Hey, if your representatives aren’t going to represent your best interest, then you have to do it yourself. And these girls aren’t only trying to protect themselves, but also women and girls everywhere, both now and in the future. This week, the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit heard the opening arguments for Soule v. Connecticut Association of Schools. The case involves four female high school athletes whose dreams were shattered and years of training rendered moot by biological male athletes dominating the track competition after identifying as female. These girls feel that having biological males dominate Connecticut track competition violates Title IX.

Attorneys for the Alliance Defending Freedom are representing the girls in their efforts to safeguard female sports. Christiana Kiefer, one of those lawyers, told The Post Millennial,

“The Biden administration has its head in the sand and is not paying attention to the real world impact of gender identity policies and how devastating they are for female athletes.

Each one of the athletes has suffered either been bumped down in the rankings or denied championship titles.”

A poignant example of this is Chelsea Mitchell, one of the athletes in the case, who was the fastest female athlete in a state championship race four different times, none of which earned her the title of State Champion because biological males bumped her out of the rankings.

Here’s a little bio of Chelsea Mitchell put out by the Alliance Defending Freedom.

She even wrote an Op Ed for USA Today’s opinion column on the experience, in which she correctly used the term “male” to describe the biologically male competitors who stole her championship title. But USA Today censored her article a few days after publication, replacing the word “male” with “transgender” throughout, to avoid offending the trans community by accurately discussing the reality of the situation. For example, Mitchell wrote,

“Instead, all I can think about is how all my training, everything I’ve done to maximize my performance, might not be enough, simply because there’s a runner on the line with an enormous advantage: a male body.”

But USA Today censored that statement and changed her words. Not only did they change her words, but they did so without notifying her and after publication of the article. They noted, “This column has been updated to reflect USA Today’s standards and style guidelines. We regret that hurtful language was used.” Because how DARE Mitchell refer to the biologically male competitors as male! How DARE she use that kind of scientifically accurate “hurtful language” when discussing how her years of training and all her hopes and dreams were dashed by biological males with a distinct biological advantage swooping in and dominating competition! How DARE she! That’s where USA Today’s priorities are.

Here’s an interview with Dave Rubin about Chelsea’s experience, not only regarding competing against biological male athletes, but also her experience being censored for speaking out and even being specifically accused by USA Today of using “hurtful language” in describing her experience.