"Conservatives have increasingly argued that transgender women and girls have an unfair advantage in sports, that their hormone levels make them stronger and faster. And for that reason, they say, trans women should be banned from competition. But Lindsay Hecox wasn't faster. She tried out for her track and field team at Boise State University and didn't make the cut. A 2020 Idaho bill banned her from a club team, anyway."
"Both cases - Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J - will be in the spotlight Tuesday, when the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Lambda Legal will argue to the Supreme Court that the states violated the girls' rights by banning them from competition. 'It just shows the breadth of these laws,' said Sruti Swaminathan, who is representing Hecox as a senior staff attorney at the ACLU."
Conservatives increasingly contend that transgender women and girls have hormone-driven advantages in sports and should be banned from competing. Lindsay Hecox, who failed to make Boise State's track and field club, nonetheless faced a 2020 Idaho law barring her from competition. Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 15-year-old who transitioned before male puberty, is prevented by a West Virginia ban from her high school track team. The ACLU and Lambda Legal argue before the Supreme Court that those bans violated the athletes' rights. Lawyers contend trans athletes generally do not possess unfair advantages but will focus the cases on Hecox and Pepper-Jackson.
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