One portion of a massive lawsuit triggered by an agenda by state officials in Colorado to mandate transgender ideology for all public schools has been settled, and it will allow a Colorado Springs-based district and multiple other plaintiffs to keep boys on boys’ athletic teams, and girls on girls’ athletic teams.
According to a statement from the district, D-49, the fight with the Colorado High School Activities Association has been settled.
The problem is that Colorado law and the CHSAA bylaws demand that students be put on sports teams based on the ideology of “gender identity,” not their sex at birth.
That was a common scheme during the tenure of Joe Biden in Washington, as he promoted transgenderism up and down the scale of government.
However, President Donald Trump confirmed on being elected to his second term that the government recognized only male and female, setting up a conflict between federal policy and standards adopted by Democrats and other leftists in the extremist state.
It’s so far left that it is run by Democrat Gov. Jared Polis, a homosexual and advocate for the ideology, Democrat majorities in the state House and Senate, and an all-Democrat state Supreme Court that is so extreme it even tried to banish Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot before being squashed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The case components against the Colorado Civil Rights Division and leftist state Attorney General Phil Weiser will continue,
District 49 officials said their goal is to protect fairness, safety, and privacy for student-athletes.
“The agreement allows D49 to maintain biological sex-based policies for sports, locker rooms, and overnight accommodations while continuing to participate fully in CHSAA-sanctioned activities. The district views this outcome as an important step in restoring local control and upholding federal protections for all athletes,” the district’s statement said.
It means, “Separate sports teams for biological boys and girls” and keeping “locker rooms and overnight travel accommodations separated by biological sex.” Further, there will be no CHSAA penalties for those practices, and the district will comply with Title IX and the Constitution “while rejecting mandates that put student privacy at risk.”
Supt. Peter Hilts said, “By reaching this agreement, they’ve recognized the need to protect fairness in competition and privacy in school facilities for our female athletes. We appreciate their willingness to engage in thoughtful dialogue and reach a resolution that puts students first. This settlement is a major step forward, but our work isn’t done.
“We will continue litigation against the Colorado Civil Rights Commission and the Attorney General’s Office to ensure every district in Colorado has the freedom to protect girls’ sports, safeguard student privacy, and uphold the spirit of Title IX. I encourage school boards across the state to follow our lead and adopt similar policies that ensure equal opportunity and safety for all students.”
Denver Channel 7 pointed out the resolution means the activities group cannot punish schools, teachers or students if they determine they would rather forfeit a game than play against a team with a transgender, “where they felt it created an unsafe or unfair condition.”
The CHSAA was caught between the demands of the leftists in Colorado and federal precedent and priorities.
The CHSAA now will not consider policies that comply with Title IX as “unsportsmanlike conduct” or worse, and shields public statements “that biological males have competitive or safety advantages in girls’ sports from being classified as violations of CHSAA’s ethics or sportsmanship rules.”
On social media, Rep. Jeff Crank said, “Biological men NEVER belong in biological women’s sports, period. The Colorado High School Activities Association finally made the right decision and will STOP penalizing school districts that protect women’s sports.”
An official for One Colorado, which advocates for multiple alternative sexual lifestyle choices, complained that the decision would mean excluding children from sports, but in actuality the result will only exclude males from sports teams for females, and vice versa.
The case was triggered because state officials, with their leftist agenda, forced the school to choose between following federal obligations, or complying with the social agenda of the state.
According to the science of the dispute, being male or female is embedded in humans down to the DNA level and does not change.
