Appeals court to rehear case involving transgender athletes competing in Connecticut high school sports

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A New York appeals court will take another look at a previously dismissed case involving high school transgender athletes in Connecticut, per News 8 WTNH.

The lawsuit was filed three years ago by four cisgender female track-and-field athletes, who all claimed it was unfair they had to compete against transgender athletes.

After a year of consideration, the case was thrown out after the girls’ claims were deemed "speculative."

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"I'm hoping that the court will realize how important this issue is, and they will restore fairness to women’s sports," Alanna Smith, one of the plaintiffs, said.

Smith is one of many female athletes who have spoken up about unfairness with respect to competing against transgender athletes.

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She lost to transgender athletes while participating in track and field events in Danbury, Connecticut. 

"I’m also very optimistic that fairness will be restored to women’s sports, and I hope that we can keep women’s sports women’s sports," Smith said.

(L-R) Chelsea Mitchell, Selina Soule and Alanna Smith, three former Connecticut high school track athletes, listen during an "Our Bodies, Our Sports" rally for the 50th anniversary of Title IX at Freedom Plaza June 23, 2022, in Washington, D.C.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The American Civil Liberties Union said it will be defending Connecticut’s current policy that allows transgender athletes to compete with the gender they identify with.

Their defense references Title IX, which the