An associate head coach and 11 women volleyball players from several teams in the Midwest have filed a Title IX lawsuit over the decision to include a trans woman on San Jose State University women’s volleyball team.
You may have heard about this story which has been building up to this point for weeks. In October, a series of rival teams forfeited their games against SJSU to protest the inclusion of the trans athlete.
San Jose State has a transgender athlete on its roster, and three Mountain West Conference opponents and one nonconference foe have chosen to take losses rather than take the court against the Spartans.
Utah State on Wednesday joined fellow MWC schools Boise State and Wyoming in canceling matches even though the Aggies aren’t scheduled to visit San Jose State until Oct. 23. Wyoming was scheduled to play host to the Spartans on Saturday, but…