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A lawsuit filed by three Minnesota softball players against the state for allowing a biological male pitcher to compete saw its first court hearing on Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Eric Tostrud heard oral arguments by attorneys representing the three players in a request for a preliminary injunction that would block transgender athletes from competing in girls' sports in the state.

One of the attorneys representing the three girls told Fox News Digital that they are arguing that current Minnesota policies violate Title IX.

"It fundamentally denies women equal athletic opportunities in sports that require competitive skills or contact sports, to allow males into those spaces to play against them," said Alliance Defendin

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