Three female high school students who oppose the Jurupa Unified School District’s policy of permitting biological boys identifying as transgendered to participate in girls’ sports filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday seeking an end to the policy at the local and state levels.

The plaintiffs, Hadeel Hazameh, Alyssa McPherson and her sibling Madison McPherson, initiated their civil action based on experiences at Jurupa Valley High School. They’re relying on legal representation by Murrieta-based Advocates for Faith & Freedom, whose attorneys are taking aim at the district’s alleged violations of Title IX, which bars gender discrimination, predicating the suit on the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, as well as the First Amendment right to free speech.

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