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In a 6-3 decision on Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that states have a right to prohibit male athletes who identify as transgender from competing against female athletes.<\/p>\n

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In the majority opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that West Virginia and Idaho did not violate Title IX or the Equal Protection clause by determining athletic eligibility based on sex, rather than \u201cgender identity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe term \u2018sex\u2019 in Title IX, the Javits Amendment, and the Title IX regulations cannot plausibly be interpreted to refer to anything other than biological sex,\u201d Kavanaugh wrote. \u201cThe ordinary meaning of the term \u2018sex\u2019 at the time of enactment in the early 1970s was biological sex and not gender identity, particularly in the sports context.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The opinion is based on two cases, Virginia v. B.P.J.<\/em> and Little v. Hecox<\/em>, both of which were filed by male identifying student athletes claiming a right to participate in female sports.<\/p>\n

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