By: Abby Vesoulis | Mother Jones
Thursday was a whirlwind day for the trans community. First, the Supreme Court court declined to immediately reinstate a 2021 West Virginia law requiring female sports teams at public middle schools, high schools, and colleges be solely based on “biological sex” rather than gender identity.
The high court’s unsigned order means that the plaintiff who sued over the law, 12-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, can continue to participate on the girl’s cross country and track teams at her school as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit reviews her case. More broadly, the order also meant that, as nearly two dozen states have enacted bans on trans student athletes in recent years, the Supreme Court considered such a ban for the first time—and sided in favor of the trans community.
But then, on the same day, the Biden administration announced a proposed rule change clarifying that schools receiving federal funding can ban transgender athletes from participating on sports teams that align with their gender identity while still complying with Title IX regulations, in some circumstances.
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Idc what you think you are or what u wanna be. Biological males will always have an advantage and therefore it compromises the integrity of the competition. If your a bio male wanting to play on a girls team it’s bcuz u suck as a player and can’t cut it with the males and wanna stroke ur ego and compete with females bcuz u have the advantage. … that is literally the only reason.