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Zalkind Law, along with Public Counsel and Hutchinson Black and Cook, filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in support of transgender female athletes challenging their states’ bans on transgender girls’ participation in girls’ athletics. The cases are West Virgina v. BPJ and Little v. Hecox. The brief, written on behalf of sixteen women’s and girls’ advocacy groups, illustrates how transgender sports bans harm all women and girls who want to participate in sports. By imposing invasive sex verification procedures on girls’ sports teams (but not boys’ teams), these laws subject girls to unnecessary and expensive medical procedures to prove they are entitled to participate in sports. These laws feed into a long history of excluding women from sports, target any girls whose bodies or talents deviate from stereotypes of femininity or girlhood, and serve as a tool for harassment and abuse of female athletes. Zalkind Law is proud to contribute our work towards the effort to achieve the dream of Title IX: one where all girls and women have access to athletic programs where they can achieve their full potential.

The brief is available here.

Attorneys Naomi Shatz, Inga Bernstein, and Tess Halpern drafted this brief on behalf of Zalkind Law.