Supreme Court Prepares to Rip Away Trans Rights in Two New Cases
On Thursday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases involving transgender athletes prohibited from female sports at the level of young people and college students – a disturbing sign of the will of the Court to engage with the controversial cultural war problems which came to define Maga law.
Hecox c. Little And Virginie-Western c. BP J are the cases in question.
The first case arises from the student of the State University of Boisse, Lindsay Hecix, who is prohibited to run in the female track team under Idaho House bill 500. The second focuses on Becky Pepper-Jackson, a transgender college which was completely forbidden to participate in sports by Virginia-Western House bill 3293, which also prohibits transgender children from participating in sports.
“Like any other educational program, school sports programs should be accessible for everyone, regardless of their sex or transgender status. Trans Kids practiced sports for the same reasons as their peers do – to learn perseverance, dedication, teamwork and to have fun simply with their friends, “said ACLU Joshua project, ACLU principal advisor for the LGBTQ & HIV project of ACLU, in a project in a Joshua press statement. “The categorically exclusion of children from school sports simply because they are transgender will only make our schools less safe and more hurtful for all young people. We believe that the lower courts were right to block these discriminatory laws, and we will continue to defend the freedom of all children to play. ”
President Trump has long made fun of trans athletes, calling them “social experiences“During a speech at West Point earlier in the year. He has just forced the University of Pennsylvania in wipe the records Trans Lia Thomas swimmer in exchange for the release of $ 175 million in university funding. A pro-governmental decision of the Supreme Court in these two cases would not increase this type of treatment nationwide.
“Our client just wants to play sports with his friends and peers”, ” said Lambda Legal Senior Counsel Tara Borelli. “Everyone understands the value of participation in the athletics of the team, for fitness, leadership, socialization and a myriad of other advantages. The American Court of Appeal for the fourth circuit last April issued a thoughtful and in -depth decision allowing BPJ to continue to participate in track events. This well -linked decision should resist the time test, and we keep defending it. ”
Business will be heard in the fall.
