Federal judge recommends dismissing school districts’ lawsuit over transgender sports rules

By Eric Young | Colorado Politics

A judge has recommended dismissing a federal lawsuit filed by multiple school districts against the Colorado Attorney General’s and Civil Rights Offices over their policies dictating students’ participation in athletics and activities based on their biological sex rather than gender identity.

Last spring, District 49, later joined by Colorado Springs D-11, Academy D-20, Education ReEnvisioned BOCES and El Paso County charter schools, filed the lawsuit against the two state bodies plus the Colorado High School Athletics Association (CHSAA) over what they allege to be discrimination against female student athletes by allowing transgender students to participate in activities that align with their gender identity.

The small, rural school district of Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 in southwest Colorado is also named as a plaintiff.

Before the lawsuit, each plaintiff passed respective policies designating athletic teams or sports based on biological sex and barring students from entering the locker rooms and lodging in hotels with students of the opposite sex.

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