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West Virginia files brief in support of 5 female middle school athletes banned from competition after protesting a transgender athleteWTRF TV via MSN
Story by John Lynch
Nexstar Broadcasting
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Friday filed an amicus brief, supporting the middle school students who protested a recent appeals court ruling against West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act.
Five students who forfeited a shot-put competition on April 18 in protest of the ruling have now been barred from competing in that event at their next track and field meet. Four of the five students, through their parents, filed suit.
“The only thing this decision does is teach these children to keep their mouths shut and not disagree with what they saw as unfairness,” Attorney General Morrisey said. “That is outrageous and it tramples these students’ rights to freedom of speech and expression.”
On April 18, the students attended the 2024 Harrison County Middle School Championships track and field meet where they were scheduled to compete in shot-put. The plaintiff, a transgender athlete, in the federal lawsuit was also present for the April 18 competition following the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decision allowing that student to do so.
The five students stepped out of the shot-put circle without throwing, forfeiting in protest. ...