Victory at the Supreme Court . . .

On June 30, 2026 the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in West Virginia v. PBJ, a 9-0 plurality that Title IX protects against discrimination based on biology, not the made-up, pseudo-science ideology of gender (6-3 on the civil rights aspect). This is bad news for the Connecticut schools who are discriminating against girls by permitting transgender-identified boys to play on girls teams. Even the 3 dissenting justices joined the majority to affirm that sex matters in sports, based on the reality of sex-differences and fairness, and that states and schools may separate sports based on sex under Title IX.

Family Institute of Connecticut Action has been the only organization officially fighting and leading the challenge for fairness for girls sports in Connecticut. We were the only organization to join several Connecticut female legislators: Rep. Anne Dauphinais, Rep. Tracy Marra, Rep. Karen Reddington Hughes, Rep. Cara Pavalock-Damato, Rep. Nicole Klarides-Ditria, Rep. Kathy Kennedy, Rep. Gale Mastrofrancesco and Rep. Lezlye Zupkus, to file an amicus brief in favor of sex-based rights in this case – and together, we won!

The Court held 9–0 that under Title IX, states may restrict girls’ athletic teams based on biological sex, and also, 6–3 that states may do so under the Equal Protection Clause. The dissents from the liberal justices on Equal Protection preview the next wave of litigation coming from Minnesota, California, and yes, Connecticut—specifically, whether the Equal Protection Clause requires states to provide separate teams based on biology. That question will be answered another day, but today we celebrate a victory that has felt nearly impossible.

Leading the fight in Connecticut

FIC has previously informed Connecticut schools and the Connecticut legislature that they place federal funding at risk of total loss when they continue to discriminate against girls in sport, in the locker room, in bathrooms, hotel rooms and more in violation of Title IX.

FIC has an active Title IX Complaint which has lead to an official investigation of schools in the Naugatuck Valley Athletic League for their discrimination against girls playing on volleyball and Spring track & field. We are looking forward to more action by the Federal Office of Civil Rights now that the Supreme Court has issued their long-awaited decision!

We have been the organization to challenge discredited CABE, CIAC and Shipman & Goodwin policies. These organizations’ tenuous reliance on Title 8 or now-overturned federal district court decisions are no longer an option, and continued discrimination against girls subjects all school districts to loss of all their federal funding based on Title IX when they discriminate. Schools need to choose if they will give preference to gender over sex, or continue to receive federal funding – it can be that simple.

We need your help to continue.

Family Institute of Connecticut is in the middle of our Summer Matching Grant. We have until July 31 to meet our goal and for your donations to be matched. Filing complaints and supporting fairness in girls sports requires substantial outreach, monitoring and legal analysis. We are planning 2 events this Fall to share with our members about the current status of gender ideology in our state, and what parents and families can do to protect themselves. Please prayerfully consider a donation to our summer matching grant campaign at this link.