NEW DEVELOPMENTS
ON A LAWSUIT ...
CHALLENGING
TRANSGENDER
ATHLETES.. IN
CONNECTICUT.
TONIGHT ... ONE OF
THE GIRLS WHO ....FILED
THAT SUIT... BEAT HER
TRANSGENDER
OPPONENT .. IN A
RACE..
NBC CONN’S ... LESLIE
MAYES IS HERE WITH
MORE ..
LESLIE?
THE RACE TODAY ADDS
A NEW LAYER TO THIS
ONGOING DEBATE
ABOUT THE PLACE OF
TRANSGENDER
ATHLETES IN
COMPETITIVE SCHOOL
SPORTS.
BUT CHELSEA
MITCHELL SAYS
DESPITE HER VICTORY
TODAY. THE MERITS
OF HER SUIT STILL
STAND.
TONIGHT IN THE 55
METER SPRINT AT THE
CLASS S STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
CANTON HIGH’S
CHELSEA MITCHELL
BEAT TERRY MILLER
FROM BLOOMFIELD
HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT COMPETITION
BETWEEN THE TWO
STUDENT ATHLETES IS
SOMETHING MITCHELL
BELIEVES SHOULDN’T
HAVE HAPPENED AT
ALL.. BECAUSE
TERRY MILLER IS A
TRANSGENDER
ATHLETE . WHO WAS
BORN A BOY.
01:24 I DON’T THINK IT COULD
GO AGAINST ME. THERE ARE
STILL TONS OF GIRLS THAT LOSE
ON A DAILY BASIS.
THE VICTORY ADDS A
NEW LAYER TO THE
CASE FOR A RULE
CHANGE MITHELL IS
SUING THE SPORT’S
GOVERNING BODY TO
TRY TO GET.
CURRENTLY THE
CONECTICUT
INTERSCHOLASTIC
ATHLETIC
CONFERENCE ALLOWS
STUDENT ATHLETES TO
COMPETE IN SPORTS
IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE GENDER WITH
WHICH THEY
IDENTIFY.. MITCHELL
AND TWO OTHER
STUDENT ATHLETES
FILED SUIT AGAINST
THE CIAC, BECAUSE
THEY SAY COMPETING
AGAINST ATHLETES
WHO ARE NOT
BIOLOGICALLY FEMALE
LIKE THEM LEAVES THE
PLAYING FIELD
UNEVEN.
THE CIAC’S EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR WAS AT
TODAY’S MEET AND
CONTINUES TO BACK
THE CURRENT RULE.
SAYING THE POLICY IS
LEGAL AND WAS
DEVELOPED AFTER
CONSULTATION WITH
THE OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS.
00:12 CIAC SPORTS EXISTS
FOR ALL PEOPLE. WE PRIDE
OURSELVES ON PROVIDING
EQUITY IN THE COMPETITIONS
THAT WE RUN FOR ALL CT
ATHLETES.
EARLIER THIS WEEK.
TERRY MILLER
RELEASED A
STATEMENT IN
RESPONSE TO THE
SUIT, SAYING IN PART.
".BEING AN ATHLETE CAN
HELP US SURVIVE. BUT
INSTEAD, WE ARE BEING TOLD
TO BE QUIET, TO GO HOME, TO
STOP BEING WHO WE ARE. I
WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR ALL
TRANS PEOPLE TO COMPETE
AND PARTICIPATE CONSISTENT
WITH WHO WE ARE."
ANOTHER TRANS ATHLETE WAS
ALSO ON THE TRACK TODAY ...
ANDRAYA YEARWOOD
DISQUALIFIED FROM HER
INDIVIDUAL RACE AND PLACED
SECOND N HER TWO RELAYS.
SHOULD
CRIMINALS...WHO HAVE