A federal appeals court has overturned a West Virginia transgender sports ban, finding that the law violates Title IX.
A federal appeals court has overturned a West Virginia transgender sports ban, finding that the law violates Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools.The ruling Tuesday from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocks a West Virginia law banning transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams.
has shown that applying the act to her would treat her worse than people to whom she is similarly situated, deprive her of any meaningful athletic opportunities, and do so on the basis of sex. That is all Title IX requires,” Heytens wrote.West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, a Republican, said he was “deeply disappointed” in the decision.“I will keep fighting to safeguard Title IX.
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