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Supreme Court to review state bans on transgender athletes' participation in school sports
The Supreme Court will examine whether state bans on transgender girls in sports violate Title IX and the 14th Amendment, affecting policies in about 27 states, legal experts said.
- On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments in two cases over whether sports bans violate the Constitution or Title IX, while Becky Pepper-Jackson faces her possible last season.
- West Virginia has enacted a ban that blocks transgender girls from girls' sports and is among more than two dozen states with similar laws; JB McCuskey, West Virginia Attorney General, said supporters cite fairness and `immutable` biological differences.
- Pepper-Jackson's athletic record shows that she finished third in last year's discus and eighth in shot put, and a school investigation near Bridgeport, West Virginia found no evidence for bullying claims.
- The U.S. Supreme Court's decision could influence legal efforts in other states, as Pepper-Jackson said, `It will hurt a lot, and I know it will, but that's what I'll have to do.`
- Despite small numbers, the fight has national reach, as the U.S. Supreme Court faces briefs and about 2.1 million adults and 724,000 people age 13 to 17 who identify as transgender, per the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law.
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union-bulletin.comIdaho’s trans athlete case is heading to the US Supreme Court. What to know
BOISE, Idaho — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday on a challenge to Idaho’s law banning transgender women and girls from participating in sports that align with their gender identity.
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