According to a Supreme Court ruling, Becky Pepper-Jackson can continue on her school’s track and cross country girls teams|Reinhard Link|CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
A 12-year-old transgender girl from West Virginia (WV) won a Supreme Court case Thursday, allowing her to compete with other girls in her middle school’s sports teams.
Becky Pepper-Jackson can continue on her school’s track and cross-country teams for girls.
West Virginia (WV) is one of the 20 states to ban transgender students from participating in sports consistent with their gender identity.
WV lawmakers adopted a law called Save Women’s Sports Act in 2021, which bans boys from competing in girls teams in public schools. The state considers a biological male as a boy/man even if they identify as a girl/woman.
A lawsuit on the ban is ongoing.
Just last month, transgender women athletes were banned from competing in female track and field international events.