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Biological male transgender volleyball player Emma Morquecho is suing Westcliff University and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes (NAIA) – an alternate college sports governing body to the NCAA – after claiming a scholarship offer was revoked and eligibility was denied.

The lawsuit was announced by the civil rights organization Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF).

“The Latino community is often first to be targeted under practices of irrational discrimination, and this case falls within that pattern,” said MALDEF president and general counsel, Thomas A. Saenz, in a statement. “Discrimination, based on stereotype and false assumption, against trans athletes must end, especially in California where so m

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