(Christian News Network) – A college student at Boise State University who was born male but identifies as female has filed suit to challenge a new Idaho law prohibiting biological males from competing on girls’ sports teams.
The 19-year-old student, who goes by the name Lindsay Hecox, ran track and cross-country in high school and now wants to be a part of the Boise State track and cross-country teams.
“Running on a men’s team is not an option for Lindsay. She is not a man, and as a woman who is transgender, it would be painful and humiliating to be forced to be the only woman on a men’s team,” the lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Idaho, reads.
“It would also be contrary to her medical treatment plan for her gender dysphoria, which requires that she live her life in all respects as the woman she is,” it states. Hecox is currently undergoing testosterone suppression and is taking estrogen, which the ACLU asserts “decreases [his] muscle mass and size.” READ MORE
