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Dmitri Moua and Zachary Greenwald are Minnesota high school juniors who love to dance. But due to a state-sanctioned rule in Minnesota, boys are prohibited from trying out for high school competitive dance teams. To remedy that outdated and discriminatory rule, in July we challenged it as a violation of the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause ...

This morning I received some excellent news regarding our representation of Kaiden Johnson. Kaiden, as you recall, is a Wisconsin boy who was prohibited from dancing with his teammates in a Minnesota dance competition because he is a boy. In November, PLF filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights, alleging that the Minnesota State High Sch ...

This morning Pacific Legal Foundation and Miranda Lynch filed a complaint with the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights regarding the Minnesota State High School League's decision to ban boys from dancing. This is the first step PLF is undertaking to vindicate the discrimination Kaiden Johnson suffered at the hands of the League. More ...

The Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) governs interscholastic sports in Minnesota. It creates the eligibility criteria for sports, establishes the rules, governs sportsmanship, and is in charge of officiating. One of the sports it oversees is competitive dance, and according to its bylaws, only girls are allowed to participate in that spor ...