BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WBOY) – A Bridgeport High School track and field athlete has joined a nationwide Title IX lawsuit alleging that her teammate BPJ, the transgender athlete at the center of another ongoing lawsuit challenging West’s transgender athlete law Virginia faces allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct, comments directed at her, and prevented her from having a unthreatening and level playing field.
The Student, identified as AC, was added to the lawsuit State of Tennessee et al. v. Cardona et al (US Secretary of Education) on May 8th. The state of West Virginia was one of the original six states that were plaintiffs in the lawsuit. They are suing the Biden administration over recent allegations Amendments to Title IX that expand the definition of sex discrimination to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
AC issued a statement on May 1st Plaintiffs will be in State of Tennessee et al. against Miguel Cardona Case which not only alleges that BPJ’s competition hindered it from competing, which has already been argued beforebut that BPJ also made “explicit sexual comments” to her.
The opinion alleges that BPJ made several statements to AC in the locker room, on the track and in the discus/shot put pit that were “aggressive, vile and disturbing.” AC said the comments included BPJ telling her she had a “nice butt” and telling her to “suck my cock.” AC said that when no one else could hear, BPJ told her, “I’m going to put my cock in your pussy,” sometimes adding, “and in your ass.”
“These comments were disturbing and caused me great concern,” the student said.
AC said she was excited about the end of the 2023 track and field season because she would be entering high school the following year while BPJ would remain in middle school. However, she also expressed concerns that other students, particularly those younger than BPJ, could face similar “harassment.”
AC also expressed concerns about competition. BPJ previously received a restraining order in 2021 to compete on the middle school girls track and cross country teams. AC said BPJ’s performance in the competition has only improved since then. She said she didn’t qualify for the Mid Mountain 10 Middle School Championships in 2023, one of the biggest and most vital meets of the season, because only the top three athletes from each team were allowed to compete and BPJ beat her to the top mark and pushed her out of the top three list. She said she didn’t know until the night before the meeting that BPJ had placed last.
“If I complained, I would be unfairly labeled as ‘transphobic’, even though that’s not true. It felt unfair. I felt like I had to suck it up and live with it. I felt unheard and unseen,” she said in the statement.
A judgment in BPJ v. West Virginia State Board of Education in April before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act, ruling that allowing students to compete in sports based on their sex rather than their gender identity violates the rights of transgender students.
Now BPJ is also tied to it State of Tennessee et al. v. Cardona et al, which is located in the Northern District of Kentucky. Kentucky is there the Sixth District Court of Appeals; 63% of the Sixth Circuit judges were nominated by Republican presidents and 38% were appointed by Democratic presidents ballsandstrikes.org.
Some legal experts were already convinced that BPJ could play on the girls’ team intended for the Supreme Courtwith even one of the Fourth Circuit’s three judges, Judge G. Steven Agee, concluding his arguments by saying, “I want to thank all of the attorneys today for their arguments, recognizing that we are probably just weighing the scales on the way to the Supreme Court.” Court of Justice.” .”
The full lawsuit in the Northern District of Kentucky is available here. AC’s full statement dated May 1 reads: available here.
