“The state is permitted to legislate sports rules on this basis because sex, and the physical characteristics that flow from it, are substantially related to athletic performance and fairness in sports,” said U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin in his Jan. 5 opinion.
Bans on biological males competing in girls' sports now sweeping the nation
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“Short of any medical intervention that will differ for each individual person, biological males are not similarly situated to biological females for purposes of athletics,” said Judge Goodwin.
Federal judge hands defeat to transgender athletes by upholding West Virginia's female sports law
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