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US Justice Department: Don’t treat trans athletes as girls

By Thomas A. Smith

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) The U.S. Justice Department is getting involved in a federal civil rights lawsuit that seeks to block transgender athletes in Connecticut from competing as girls in interscholastic sports.

Attorney General William Barr signed what is known as a statement of interest Tuesday, arguing against the policy of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, the board that oversees the state s high school athletic competitions.

via apnews.com