Supreme Court sides with transgender athletes in sports disputes.

The Supreme Court has allowed a transgender girl to compete on the girls' cross country and track teams at her middle school in West Virginia while her appeal moved forward. The ruling comes after a 2021 law in West Virginia barred boys from competing on girls' teams in public schools. The law made distinctions based on "biological sex," which it defined as "an individual's physical form as a male or female based solely on the individual's reproductive biology and genetics at birth." The case highlights conflicting conceptions of inclusiveness and fairness in sports and is part of an escalating wave of state legislation limiting the rights of transgender people.