Becky Pepper-Jackson, 13, began identifying as a girl in third grade and started taking puberty blockers in 2020 after being diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
A decision on a final injunction will be made at a later hearing, but the ruling in the lawsuit against the Harrison County Board of Education was seen as a victory for advocates of single-sex female sports. “This neutral, school-specific rule was in place before the students’ protests and has nothing to do with those protests in any way,” said the board in a Thursday statement. “Other than not being permitted to participate in the same event in which they scratched at the next track meet, the students have competed in track meets and events following their protests without restriction.”
Their protest came two days after the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals declared unconstitutional the state’s 2021 law requiring scholastic athletes to participate based on biological sex and not gender identity, a challenge filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Becky Pepper-Jackson.
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