Raise a Glass to Malbec! Malbec World Day, April 17 | SaltWire #reels #shorts #wine #food - A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a transgender middle-school girl in West Virginia can compete in her school's girls' track and cross-country teams, blocking enforcement of a state law against her.
The court did not go as far as striking down the law altogether. Heytens said the ruling did not require that transgender girls always be allowed to play on girls' teams,"regardless of whether they have gone through puberty." Pepper-Jackson is an eighth grader at Bridgeport Middle School in Bridgeport, West Virginia, and has competed in track and field for three seasons there, according to court filings.
Pepper-Jackson and her mother sued state authorities soon after the law took effect, seeking to block it from being enforced against her.