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Court Overturns West Virginia Transgender Sports Ban

The law was challenged in court by the American Civil Liberties Union.
Court Overturns West Virginia Transgender Sports Ban
Shoes worn by an athlete at a U.S. high school on May 7, 2022. Katharine Lotze/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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4/16/2024|Updated: 4/16/2024
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A federal appeals court has blocked a West Virginia law that banned students from participating in single-sex sports teams that don’t match their biological sex.

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order and opinion on April 16 that blocks enforcement of the Save Women’s Sports Bill on grounds that the law violated the constitutional rights of the plaintiff, a 13-year-old eighth-grade track athlete who was born male but identifies as female.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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