A transgender sprinter from New Jersey is suing the National Collegiate Athletic Association and SUNY Geneseo in Livingston County, after she says she was barred from competing in a women’s race in New York earlier this year.

Sadie Schreiner said she was denied entry to the women’s 200-meter and 400-meter races at the Geneseo Early Invitational in March because of new, federally mandated NCAA rules that ban trans athletes from women’s sports. Her lawsuits argue that those rules violate New York state’s Human Rights Law, which prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression.

It’s the latest clash between New York’s civil rights protections and national policies. This month, the federal government pulled millions in funding from New York City’s magnet schools over local po

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