U.S. court sides with transgender school athlete against West Virginia ban | Reuters

April 16 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a transgender middle-school girl (sic) in West Virginia can compete in her (sic) school’s girls’ track and cross-country teams, blocking enforcement of a state law against her.
In a 2-1 ruling the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the law, which prohibits any transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams, would illegally discriminate against Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 13-year-old who has publicly identified as transgender for around five years and takes puberty-blocking medication.
U.S. Circuit Judge Toby Heytens, an appointee of Democratic President Joe Biden, said requiring Pepper-Jackson to compete on boys’ teams was “no real choice at all” and would “directly contradict the treatment protocols for gender dysphoria.”
He said enforcing the law against her violated Title IX, a federal law against sex discrimination in schools. Heytens’ opinion was joined by Circuit Judge Pamela Harris, who was appointed by former Democratic President Barack Obama.

Source: U.S. court sides with transgender school athlete against West Virginia ban | Reuters

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