A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a West Virginia law that banned transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams.
In a 2-1 ruling, the court ruled that the law violated Title IX, which prohibits gender discrimination in schools, according to The Associated Press.
The court also stated that the rule could not be applicable to 13-year-old Becky Pepper Jackson, who has been taking puberty-blocking medication and publicly identified as a girl since elementary school.
If the law was enforced, Pepper Jackson would have been kicked off the middle school track team due her being transgender.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of Pepper Jackson after GOP Gov. Jim Justice signed the transgender ban into law in 2021.
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