Female Volleyball Players Sue San Jose State, Mountain West Conference Over Transgender Athlete Policy

A team captain is among the plaintiffs alleging Title IX and First Amendment violations as conference tournament approaches.

Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP
Workers monitor the NCAA Mountain West women's volleyball game between the Colorado State University Rams and San Jose State University Spartans at Moby Arena in Colorado. Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP

The debate surrounding the women’s volleyball team at San Jose State University having a transgender athlete on its roster is escalating as a dozen women — including a co-captain of the team that fields the transgender player — filed a lawsuit against the school officials and the athletic conference that governs the team.

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