West Virginia plans to file an appeal to the Supreme Court regarding the state’s restrictions of transgender athletes, the attorney general said Wednesday.
“This is a significant case to bring to the Supreme Court, and it will potentially set precedent for the entire country,” West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey told reporters at the state capitol in Charleston.
Morrisey’s announcement comes a week after a federal appeals court ruled in favor of a transgender teenager who sued West Virginia over the state’s law barring biological boys from competing in girls’ sports. On Tuesday of last week, the Fourth Circuit Court ruled 2-1 in favor of Becky Pepper-Jackson, 13, who was represented by Joshua Block, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union. “This is a tremendous victory for our client, transgender West Virginians, and the freedom of all youth to play as who they are,” Block said in a statement. “It also continues a string of federal courts ruling against bans on the participation of transgender athletes and in favor of their equal participation as the gender they know themselves to be.”
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