The Supreme Court will hear two cases involving state bans on transgender students in sports during their next term, the court announced Thursday morning.
The order granting petition for writ of certiorari for five cases included Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. BPJ, two cases where transgender students are challenging state bans. Both students in the cases have previously won injunctions that allow them to currently compete in athletics.
A ruling on these cases could determine whether states can ban transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s student sports, and if these laws that are alleged to protect women’s and girls’ sports by limiting participation violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.