
Selina Soule, a senior at Glastonbury High School, and the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit. (Christine Stuart photo courtesy of CT News Junkie)
Three female high school track athletes, including Canton’s Chelsea Mitchell, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging a CIAC policy that allows transgender students to compete in girls’ athletic events. Glastonbury’s Selina Soule, Danbury’s Alanna Smith, and Mitchell said that the policy has resulted in “biological boys” beating them at competitive track events and denying them opportunities to compete at higher levels.
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