FILE - Bloomfield High School transgender athlete Terry Miller, second from left, wins the final of the 55-meter dash over transgender athlete Andraya Yearwood, far left, and other runners in the Connecticut girls Class S indoor track meet at Hillhouse High School, on Feb. 7, 2019, in New Haven, Conn. A federal appeals court on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, dismissed a challenge to Connecticut's policy of allowing transgender girls to compete girls' high school sports, rejecting arguments by four cisgender runners who said they were unfairly forced to race against transgender athletes. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The capital city of Connecticut,Hartford. A federal appeals court has dismissed a challenge to Connecticut's policy of allowing trans girls to compete in girls high school sports.

A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court judge's dismissal of a lawsuit. The four cis gender athletes did not have standing to file a lawsuit because of their speculative claims.

The decision said that the four people had the chance to compete for state titles in different events. On a number of occasions, the Plaintiffs finished first in various events, even when competing against their trans gender competitors.

The judges said that the people had not been deprived of a chance to be a champion.

All high school students must be treated according to their gender identity according to a state law. The policy is in line with the federal law that allows girls equal educational opportunities.

The lawsuit was defended by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Joshua Block, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union, said that the ruling was a victory for fairness, equality, and inclusion. The victory helps ensure every young person has the right to play, while striking at the heart of political attacks against trans youth.

The ability of trans athletes to compete in sports is a topic that continues to be debated. There are at least 12 Republican-led states that have passed laws banning trans women and girls from sports because they think it gives them an unfair advantage.

Such laws are used to demean and attack trans youth.

Christiana Kiefer, a lawyer with the Alliance Defending Freedom who represented the four Connecticut cisgender athletes, said they are considering asking the Supreme Court to review the decision.

Female athletes across the country deserve fair competition. It doesn't happen when you're forced to compete against biological males in your sports

In order to have fair sports, we have to protect the female category, and I think you're seeing that trend increasingly with states passing laws to protect women's sports The fight for fairness for female athletes isn't over yet.

injunctions were sought to bar enforcement of the state policy on trans athletes and to remove records of trans athletes from the books.

In arguments before a federal judge in Connecticut in February 2021, a lawyer for the Alliance Defending Freedom said Title IX guarantees girls equal quality of competition, which he said is denied by having to race people with advantages.

The cis gender girls were denied the opportunity to advance to other races 85 times due to the improper winning of 15 championship races by the trans sprinters.

Miller and Yearwood were often better than their cis gender competitors.

They almost always lost to Miller and finished behind yearwood. In the girls 55 meter indoor track competition, Mitchell was third behind Miller and Yearwood, but still won the state title.

Athletes have graduated from high school.

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