"To date, 27 states have enacted laws barring transgender participation in sports. Supporters say the laws are needed to ensure fairness in athletic competition and to prevent athletes whose assigned sex at birth was male from having an unfair advantage in women's sports. Opponents of these laws say they discriminate based on sex, in violation of both federal law and the constitution's guarantee to equal protection of the law."
"Though her assigned sex at birth was male, she says she knew from a very young age that she was a girl, and by third grade she not only presented herself as a girl, she joined the girls running team in school. "They were all very supportive because, I mean, we were in the summer of third grade," she says. "It was just about having fun.""
The Supreme Court will consider two cases testing state laws that bar transgender girls and women from competing in women's sports at publicly funded schools. Transgender participation in sports is extremely rare but has become a prominent political and legal flashpoint. The Trump campaign aired more than 15,000 ads on the subject in 2024, according to AdImpact. Twenty-seven states have enacted bans. Supporters argue the laws protect fairness and prevent male-assigned athletes from gaining an unfair advantage. Opponents argue the laws discriminate on the basis of sex and violate federal law and the Constitution’s equal-protection guarantee. The cases involve differing facts: an Idaho college student and a West Virginia schoolgirl.
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