A West Virginia law that bars transgender people from competing on sports teams different from their biological sex has been blocked.
This means that transgender athletes in West Virginia can, for now, compete in teams of the gender with which they identify.
The 2-1 decision (pdf) was made by an appeals court on Feb. 22. It reinstates a preliminary injunction, which was first issued in July 2021, against West Virginia’s “Save Women’s Sports” legislation.
That July 2021 injunction was issued by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph R. Goodwin, a Clinton appointee. But he reversed his decision in January this year, determining the law “constitutionally permissible.”…
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