Kaiden Johnson, a sophomore at Superior High School, could not attend the dance meet in Duluth in 2016 because, the complaint says (see it in full below), dance is a “girls only” sport in the Minnesota State High School League. Title IX is a federal law that prohibits sex discrimination at federally funded schools. Neither did the Minnesota State High School League. A news release quoted Joshua Thompson, senior attorney at the legal foundation, as saying, “The Minnesota league cannot continue to discriminate by banning boys from competitive dancing. Last May, KQDS-TV in Duluth reported that an official with the Minnesota High School Dance Team Association said that changing the rule could be difficult because girls-only teams are intended to help create a balance in school sports with boys teams as required by Title IX.

Source: Washington Post November 15, 2017 00:23 UTC