HHS Investigates Trans Athlete on Minn. High School Softball Team

Federal investigation launched into Minnesota over transgender athlete

WASHINGTON —A new federal Title IX investigation has been initiated in Minnesota following the participation of a transgender pitcher, Marissa Rothenberger, wh

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Share This StoryThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced it has launched a Title IX investigation into the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota State High School League. The inquiry will investigate whether Minnesota violated federal law by permitting male athletes to compete on girls-only sports teams—including in a recent high school softball championship. OCR said the investigatio…

HHS investigates trans athlete on Minn. high school softball team

The Department of Health and Human Services has opened a civil rights investigation into the Minnesota Department of Education over a transgender teenager competing on a girls' softball team.

Federal civil rights office investigating Minnesota over transgender softball player

The investigation comes on the heels of controversy over a metro-area high school softball player whose team competed in the state tournament this spring.