Overview

• Evelyn Parts sued Swarthmore College, four athletic officials and the NCAA in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on August 14–15, alleging discrimination after she was barred from the women’s track team.
• The complaint charges Title IX violations, intentional infliction of emotional distress and civil conspiracy under the college’s adherence to a policy change tied to President Trump’s executive order.
• After the Feb. 6 NCAA ban on transgender women in women’s sports, Swarthmore told Parts to join the men’s team or compete unattached and during that period she was denied coaching, travel, per diem and medical support and had to pay her own meet fees until her reinstatement on April 11.
• Parts alleges that the college’s actions drove her into severe depression, led to self-harm and suicidal thoughts, and constituted a reckless disregard for her safety and federal civil-rights protections.
• The lawsuit is the first of a trio of related suits to name the NCAA directly, and it joins a growing wave of legal challenges to post-order transgender athlete bans as it awaits court action.