
West Virginia and Idaho have asked the Supreme Court to decide whether states can lawfully enforce anti-trans sports bans. The appeals mark the first time states have specifically asked the highest court in the US to decide on the ongoing legal battle and wider debate around trans students being able to compete in sports teams which are consistent with their gender identity under amendments to Title IX. Title IX is the Biden administration’s landmark piece of civil rights legislation which protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programmes...