West Virginia Asks Supreme Court to Lift Stay on Transgender Sports Ban

Published on July 17, 2024

West Virginia filed an appeal on July 16 with the U.S. Supreme Court to defend the state’s law that prevents male athletes from playing on school sports teams designated for females. The state’s Save Women’s Sports Act, enacted in 2021, stipulates that biological females’ teams based on “competitive skill” or involving “a contact sport” must not be open to males. A lawsuit was initiated in 2021 by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 13-year-old male who identifies as female. The student was initially prevented from joining a girls’ cross-country team before a lower court blocked West Virginia’s law....

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