Supreme Court Rules on Athletes in High School Sports

transgender student-athletes from competing on sports teams that match their gender identity.

In West Virginia v. B.P.J., a challenge was brought on behalf of Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 15-year-old transgender high school student who participates in track and field.

A biological male, Pepper-Jackson challenged West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act, which bars athletes assigned male at birth from competing on female sports teams.

In Little v. Hecox, a challenge to Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act was originally filed by Lindsay Hecox, a biological male who sought to try out for the women’s track and cross-country teams at Boise State University.