The ruling also found that the ban also violates Title IX.
West Virginia lawThe appeals court found that the West Virginia law can't be applied to a 13-year-old girl who has not undergone puberty, having been taking puberty-blocking medication, and who has identified publicly as girl since third grade.
Offering the eight grader "a 'choice' between not participating in sports and participating only on boys teams is no real choice at all," Fourth Circuit Judge Toby Heytens wrote in the ruling. He continued that the defendants can't expect the track athlete "will countermand her social transition, her medical treatment, and all the work she has done with her schools, teachers, and coaches for nearly half her life by introducing herself to teammates, coaches, and even opponents as a boy."guiding the rights of transgender athletes on school sports teams.
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