Transgender Athletes in School Sports (Title IX & Equal Protection)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2023-07-25 — Protecting Athletes, Schools, and Sports Act of 2023: cross-connection with protecting-athletes-schools-sports-act: Both address the contested question of eligibility rules for sex-segregated school and collegiate sports categories, an area where Title IX and equal-protection frameworks are being litigated and legislated simultaneously. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-06-30 — West Virginia v. B. P. J.: West Virginia v. B. P. J. (No. 24-43, consolidated with Little v. Hecox, No. 24-38) — U.S. Supreme Court opinion authored by Justice Kavanaugh (decided June 30, 2026) addressing whether Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause permit schools to restrict female sports team eligibility to biological females, reviewing the Fourth Circuit’s ruling on West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act. (novelty: 5)