Boy in Girls-Only Dance Event Triggers Federal Probe

Federal investigators have launched an investigation into a complaint that a Wisconsin school student is barred by Minnesota state rules from competing in events there . . .

Kaiden Johnson, a 15-year-old sophomore at Superior High School in Superior, Wisconsin, has danced competitively for eight years. This year, on the school’s varsity dance team, he went across the state line to an event in Minnesota, where he was banned from the competition.

Working on his behalf is Pacific Legal Foundation, which threatened a lawsuit if the “discrimination” continues.

PLF said the Minnesota State High School League is violating Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and is under investigation by the OCR.

“This is the first vital and important step in ensuring that Minnesota boys have an equal opportunitiy to dance,” PLF said. “Minnesota, which relies on outmoded stereotypes about why boys should be prohibited from dancing, will now have to justify its discriminatory decision to the United States Department of Education.” (Read more from “Boy in Girls-Only Dance Event Triggers Federal Probe” HERE)

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