High School Softball Players Sue Minnesota Leaders over Transgender Students in Sports

Minnesota AG sued for letting biological males play in girls sports amid trans softball player dominance

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is facing a lawsuit for enabling trans athletes to compete in girls sports as the state faces an ongoing controversy involving a trans pitcher dominating the softball season. The religious law firm Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the activist group Female Athletes United and three anonymous girls softball players in the state over the ongoing controversy. "Minnesota is fa…

Softball players sue Ellison, league over transgender athlete policy - Albert Lea Tribune

By Jim Paulsen, Star Tribune (TNS) Several metro-area high school softball players are suing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and other state leaders to remove transgender athletes from their sport. In a federal lawsuit filed Monday, an organization representing the players from two high schools, Female Athletes United, alleges in the suit that a decade-old Minnesota policy allowing transgender athletes to play has created an unsafe envi…

Conservative group, softball players sue over Minnesota’s trans athlete policy

ST. PAUL — A conservative advocacy group sued Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Tuesday, May 20, on behalf of three female softball players who say Minnesota’s policy allowing trans athletes to compete on sports teams that match their gender amounts to sex discrimination against female athletes and a violation of Title IX, the federal statute requiring equity in men’s and women’s sports. The lawsuit, filed in a Minnesota federal court,…

Minnesota softball players sue over state’s transgender athlete policy

MINNESOTA – Several high school softball players are suing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison in hopes of forcing him to remove transgender athletes from their sport. Female Athletes United filed a federal lawsuit arguing allowing transgender athletes creates an unsafe environment. They also believe it sets up unfair competition for the Maple Grove and Farmington players. The suit focuses on an unnamed Champlin Park player plaintiffs alleg…

Metro softball players sue Ellison, MSHSL director over transgender athlete participation

A lawsuit was filed Monday against Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison, Minnesota State High School League executive director Erich Martens and numerous others by a group representing three metro high school softball athletes centered on the state allowing an athlete to play high school softball who plaintiffs allege was born male. The organization behind the suit is Female Athletes United, which is representing one softball player from Map…

High school softball players sue Minnesota leaders over transgender students in sports

Female Athletes United and softball players sue Minnesota leaders over trans-inclusive sports policy, citing fairness and safety concerns.