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The Supreme Court Sides With Women’s Sports
In a 6–3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld state laws reserving girls’ and women’s sports for biological females — ruling that schools may determine eligibility for female teams based on biological sex. A landmark win for the female category, nationwide.
The Court resolved both cases below — Little v. Hecox (Idaho) and West Virginia v. B.P.J. — confirming that protecting a sex-based female category is constitutional and consistent with Title IX.
The law: Idaho’s HB 500 (2020), the nation’s first Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, reserves girls’ and women’s teams for biological females.
The challenge: Lindsay Hecox, a transgender athlete, sought to compete on women’s teams at Boise State University and sued to block the law.
The ruling: Reserving the female category for biological females does not violate the Equal Protection Clause.
The law: West Virginia’s HB 3293 (2021), the Save Women’s Sports Act, limits girls’ school sports to biological females.
The challenge: Becky Pepper-Jackson (“B.P.J.”), a transgender student entering middle school when the law passed, challenged it.
The ruling: The law is consistent with both the Equal Protection Clause and Title IX.
Title IX and Protecting Women's Sports
Signed into law on June 23, 1972, Title IX made one promise: no American should be denied opportunity “on the basis of sex.”
For five decades that promise has transformed education and athletics — opening doors, funding scholarships, and building the most successful era of women's sports in history. It leveled the playing field in schools and universities across America.
Title IX was written to guarantee fair competition for women and girls — not to erase the very differences that make those protections necessary. Today that promise is under pressure, and defending it takes vigilance, advocacy, and action.
Source: Movement Advancement Project & state legislation, 2020–2025. Some laws face ongoing court review.
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From Protect the Public’s Trust
Protect the Public’s Trust is a government watchdog that files Title IX and civil-rights complaints to hold schools and universities accountable — including schools that allegedly worked to keep boys in girls’ sports or to conceal students’ sex. A selection of its recent work and the coverage it has prompted.
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🏅 Women's Sports & Title IX
Trans athletes in women's competition, trophies & titles, Title IX enforcement and the Supreme Court cases.
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Companies going red-white-blue for America250 — and brands skipping rainbow logos this June.
The Wins Scoreboard
A growing number of states and every major sports governing body have updated their rules to protect the female category.
Sports bodies protecting the women's category
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- Title IX created women’s sports — protecting the female category keeps that promise.
- Competition is zero-sum: when males enter women’s events, female athletes lose spots, podiums, and scholarships.
- Fair, safe, single-sex competition isn’t exclusion — it’s the reason women’s sports exist.
- 25 states and every major governing body have moved to keep the women’s category female.
- Roughly 7 in 10 Americans support sex-based eligibility in women’s sports.
- This is about opportunity for millions of girls — not politics.
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June marks 54 years of Title IX and Women's Sports Week. We recognize the wins, champion the leaders, and amplify the women who won't go back.
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From the America First Policy Institute
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From Independent Women
Resources and information from our partner Independent Women on protecting fair competition and the women's sports category.
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