What’s the difference between boys and girls, particularly on the athletic field?
Quite a lot, of course.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard the case of two transgender students, Becky Pepper-Jackson and Lindsay Hecox, biological boys fighting to compete on girls’ sports teams.
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Pepper-Jackson is from West Virginia and Hecox is from Idaho, two of the 27 states that ban biological boys from competing in girls’ sports.
Only a small number of people are personally affected by transgender athletes in sports — in fact, Pepper-Jackson’s lawyers say their client is the only person affected by the law in the entire state of West Virginia.
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