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The U.S. Supreme Court gave states constitutional authority to enforce laws barring transgender athletes from participating in girls\u2019 and women\u2019s school sports.<\/p>\n

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In a 6-3 ruling, the justices ultimately said that laws like those adopted by more than two dozen states are lawful.<\/p>\n

Case background<\/h3>\n

In 2025, just weeks after the Supreme Court upheld states\u2019 rights to have laws against administering gender-related medical treatments on minors \u2014 like puberty blockers and sex change operations \u2014 the court agreed to take up the issue of transgender athletes in female sports in its 2026 calendar. <\/p>\n

The case marks the Supreme Court\u2019s first opportunity to address the issue of transgender athletes in girls\u2019 and women\u2019s sports, a debate that has dominated state legislatures and national politics in recent years. <\/p>\n

In the beginning of his second term in the White House, President Donald Trump signed a presidential action stating that \u201cit is the policy of the United States to rescind all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, which results in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy. It shall also be the policy of the United States to oppose male competitive participation in women\u2019s sports more broadly, as a matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than a dozen states have laws restricting transgender athletes, people born male but who identify as female, from participating in female sports. <\/p>\n

The Court heard oral arguments last January in two combined cases arising from Idaho and West Virginia. <\/p>\n

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In both of these states, those laws were challenged in court:<\/p>\n

Little v. Hecox <\/b><\/p>\n

In 2020, Idaho enacted the Fairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act, which ultimately barred transgender girls and women from playing in public school sports \u2014 elementary to college. Lindsay Hecox, a student athlete at Boise State University and a high school student named as Jane Doe filed a lawsuit arguing that their constitutional rights, specifically the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, were being threatened.<\/p>\n

West Virginia v. B.P.J.<\/b><\/p>\n

West Virginia requested the high court to weigh in after the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction blocking the , a state law enacted in 2021 that says athletes in any public secondary school or state institution of higher education can only participate on sports teams that align with their biological sex. Like the Idaho case, a transgender student, Becky Pepper-Jackson, filed a lawsuit with the American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal, arguing that federal civil rights law, Title IX, and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment prohibit the state from blocking transgender athletes from participating in female sports.<\/p>\n

The West Virginia case focused more heavily on Title IX, a federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in education programs and activities that receive federal funding. <\/p>\n

Supporters of allowing transgender girls to compete in girls\u2019 sports argue that Title IX\u2019s protections against sex discrimination extend to gender identity, but those against allowing participation argue that the law was intended to protect opportunities for biological females and that allowing transgender girls to compete undermines those protections.<\/p>\n

During oral arguments before the court earlier this year, the court appeared to indicate how it would ultimately rule. <\/p>\n

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This story will be updated. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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