Fresno State women's volleyball team to play San Jose State amid transgender athlete claims

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Fresno State women's volleyball squad is scheduled to play San Jose State connected Tuesday night.

This lucifer comes aft respective different teams person forfeited their games against the Spartans owed to claims of a transgender jock connected the team.

Earlier this month, 1 of the team's co-captains filed a suit with different players and a since suspended coach.

They assertion the Mountain West league is violating equality laws included successful Title IX by allowing an alleged transgender jock to compete.

"I would reason that transgender players are not a menace to women's sports," said Dr. Kathryn Forbes.

Dr. Forbes is simply a Professor successful the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies astatine Fresno State.

She believes the suit is operating connected what she says is simply a dated mentation of Title Nine.

"They are interpretating Title IX conscionable astir what they telephone the plain substance truthful that the Title IX is conscionable astir sex, meaning anatomical differences and some the regulations and tribunal interpretations done lawsuits don't carnivore that out," Dr. Forbes explained.

But galore groups reason to allowing transgender athletes to vie successful women's sports arguing they whitethorn person an unfair carnal advantage.

The Mountain West Conference sent Action News a statement, penning that it: 'prioritizes the champion interests of our student-athletes and takes large attraction to adhere to NCAA and MW policies.'

"While we are incapable to remark connected the pending litigation of this peculiar situation, we instrumentality earnestly each concerns of student-athlete payment and fairness," the connection continued.

Fresno State confirmed Monday nighttime that the lucifer volition spell connected arsenic planned.

The result could interaction the Bulldogs effect arsenic they look to support their league tourney rubric adjacent week.

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