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A lawsuit filed by two girls' high school athletes over a controversy involving a trans athlete in California has partially survived motions to dismiss.

Taylor Starling and Kaitlyn Slavin, girls' cross-country runners at Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, California, filed the lawsuit in November 2024. They alleged a transgender athlete took Starling's varsity spot and that they were confronted for wearing shirts that read "Save Girls Sports" in protest. The suit alleges Martin Luther King administrators compared the shirts to "swastikas."

The defendants are the Riverside Unified School District (RUSD), and included California Attorney General Rob Bonta and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmo

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