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A lawsuit has been filed by three California students over the inclusion of a transgender teammate on their high school track and volleyball teams. Filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California on Tuesday (9 September), the lawsuit has been brought by Madison McPherson, a former student at Jurupa Valley High School who now plays volleyball at the collegiate level. She used to compete one the track, field, volleyball, and soccer teams. The lawsuit has been brought against the California Department of Education, the Jurupa Unified School District, and the California Interscholastic Federation. The plaintiffs are claiming to have suffered violations of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act 1972, the free speech and free exercise clauses of the First Amendment, and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Hernandez has faced the scrutiny of Donald Trump and conservatives over her participation on the girls volleyball team claiming she has an unfa...

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