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Supreme Court to review state bans on transgender athletes' participation in school sports
The Supreme Court will decide if 27 states can ban transgender girls from female school sports, raising key Title IX and equal protection legal questions.
- On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear combined cases from Idaho and West Virginia on transgender athletes, marking the court's first major sports debate of the term.
- Lindsay Hecox, Idaho college student, sued in 2020 and Becky Pepper-Jackson, 15, West Virginia high school athlete, challenged state bans arguing they violate Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause.
- Becky Pepper-Jackson, 15, high school sophomore from Bridgeport, West Virginia, competes in discus and shot put and has not undergone male puberty, placing third and eighth at the state championship.
- State officials urge the court to reinstate their bans, asking justices to overturn rulings and reinstate laws affecting 27 other states, West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey said.
- The court's conservative 6-3 alignment and recent Skrmetti decision complicate extending Bostock v. Clayton County protections beyond Title VII, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Neil Gorsuch closely watched.
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Becky Pepper-Jackson is a 15-year-old in West Virginia who knows the upcoming sports season could be her last. West Virginia has banned transgender girls from competing in sports.
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