California Title IX suit over trans cross‑country athlete advances

A federal judge in California partially denied motions to dismiss a lawsuit by two Riverside high‑school girls who sued over a transgender athlete’s participation on their school’s girls’ cross‑country team. U.S. District Judge Sunshine Sykes preserved the plaintiffs’ Title IX claim for intentional discrimination and their standing to seek monetary damages, dismissed state education officials named in the suit, and barred injunctive relief to remove the trans athlete because she has since graduated. The decision allows the plaintiffs to amend certain claims and continues litigation over school policy and equal‑treatment issues.