Government,
Civil Rights,
Civil Litigation
May 29, 2025
DOJ sides with students in Title IX lawsuit challenging California transgender athlete law
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a first-of-its-kind statement of interest Wednesday supporting two high school girls who sued their school district and state officials, arguing a California law protecting transgender student athletes violates Title IX. The case could test how courts balance gender identity rights with protections for girls' sports under federal law.
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a "Statement of Interest" on Wednesday siding with two female students who sued a Riverside high school alleging a 2013 state law designed to protect transgender students violated Title IX by allowing a transgender cross-country runner to displace one of them from the team.
The statement - filed by Robert Keenan, senior counsel of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division now led by Harmeet K. Dhillon, a former San Francisco ...
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