"Held on Tuesday (13 January), Supreme Court justices heard its first set of oral arguments for two cases, West Virginia v BPJ, and Little v Hecox. Both cases challenge two similar laws banning trans people from participating in sporting events passed in West Virginia and Idaho. The US states are among 27 that ban trans young people from playing school sports in some capacity under claims that they have an inherent advantage."
"Lambda Legal, the legal advocacy group that challenged West Virginia's ban on behalf of 15-year-old trans track runner Becky Pepper-Jackson, argued ahead of the hearing that the laws not only ignore the evidence but "reject trans people's right to exist". Its proponents, meanwhile, have attempted to justify the bans by falsely insisting that trans women are not women and that they have "countless athletic advantages"."
"Alan Hurst, Idaho's solicitor general, argued in favour of the ban during the case of Little v Hecox. Defending Idaho's ban, passed in 2020, Hurst argued that the state classifies boys and girls teams on the "basis of sex" because, he claimed, "sex is what matters in sports". "It correlates strongly with countless athletic advantages, like size, muscle mass, bone mass, and heart and lung capacity," he continued."
Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments for West Virginia v BPJ and Little v Hecox concerning laws that ban transgender people from school sports. The cases challenge similar bans enacted in West Virginia and Idaho. Twenty-seven US states have restrictions limiting trans youth participation in school athletics. Lambda Legal represented 15-year-old trans runner Becky Pepper-Jackson and argued the bans ignore evidence and reject trans people's right to exist. Supporters of the bans assert trans women are not women and claim they possess athletic advantages. Idaho's solicitor general defended the 2020 ban by asserting sex determines sports categories and physical advantages.
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