Middle schoolers who protested trans athlete's participation are banned from future competitions

https://nypost.com/2024/04/30/us-news/middle-schoolers-who-protested-
trans-athletes-participation-banned-from-future-competitions/

Five West Virginia middle schoolers who protested a transgender athlete’s 
participation in a track and field competition have been barred from 
future meets — prompting the state attorney general to ask the US Supreme 
Court to weigh in on transgender student-athlete bans for a second time.

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey filed a lawsuit against 
the Harrison County Board of Education on the dissenting students’ behalf 
after they were blocked from upcoming meets following their protests at 
the April 18 shot put competition, West Virginia Watch reported.

Five girls from Lincoln Middle School stepped up to the circle for their 
turn before refusing to throw in the event, which was won by Becky Pepper-
Jackson, a 13-year-old girl who takes puberty-blocking medication and 
estrogen hormone therapy.

While West Virginia law bans transgender girls from playing on girls’ 
sports teams, a recent federal appeals court ruled that the law couldn’t 
lawfully be applied to the eighth-grader.

Judge Toby Heytens wrote that offering her a “choice” between not 
participating in sports and participating only on boys’ teams “is no real 
choice at all.”

Despite the ruling, Morrisey has rallied against both the ruling and the 
treatment of the student-athletes who protested competing against Becky.

“Their actions at the earlier track meet were not disruptive or 
aggrandizing. They were the quiet demonstration of the student-athletes’ 
evident unhappiness with the competitive consequences of a federal 
appellate court’s decision,” Morrisey, a Republican currently primarying 
for governor, wrote in the amicus brief filed April 26. 

Joined by one of Becky’s classmates on Wednesday, Morrisey said he plans 
to ask the US Supreme Court to hear the case involving the state’s 
restrictions on transgender student-athletes for a second time.

Former collegiate swimmer-turned-activist Riley Gaines, who has been an 
outspoken critic of trans athletes participating in girls’ sporting 
events, has weighed in on the issue, writing, “These girls stood up for 
what they believed and their coach barred them from competing. Insane” in 
a post on X on Monday.

Morrisey quote-tweeted Gaines’ message, noting he plans to do “everything 
in my power to defend these brave young girls.”

“This is just wrong. We must stand for what’s right and oppose these 
radical trans policies. Thanks to @Riley_Gaines_ for her leadership on 
this critical issue.”



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