Petition to Rid Girls' Sports of Trans Athletes Hits 150K

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A petition launched in July in support of Selina Soule, the high school track athlete who filed a federal complaint regarding transgender student-athletes being allowed to compete in girls' sports, has exceeded 150,000 signatures, according to petition host LifeSite.

Soule, a senior from Glastonbury, Conn., lodged her complaint with the federal Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights along with two unnamed female athletes, alleging that the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference discriminated against biological girls and violated their Title IX rights. Passed in 1972, Title IX ensures females are afforded equal educational opportunities, including sports participation, as males, but it makes no mention of gender identity.

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