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Attorney General Barr Weighs Into Trans Suit: No, Biological Boys Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Compete Against Girls

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Attorney General Barr Weighs Into Trans Suit: No, Biological Boys Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Compete Against Girls
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On Wednesday, Attorney General William Barr sided with the preservation of single-sex girls sports, filing a statement of interest in a Connecticut lawsuit concerning transgender girls, who are biologically male, competing in girls’ sporting events.

As highlighted by The Daily Wire in February, student-athletes Selina Soule, Alanna Smith, and Chelsea Mitchell, represented by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC), which has permitted boys to compete in events and win awards that would otherwise have gone to girls.

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