Becky Pepper Jackson, a high school sophomore from Bridgeport, West Virginia, who competes in discus and shot put on the track and field team, brought the legal challenge to her state's law in 2021. She is the only known openly trans athlete in West Virginia in any sport.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Becky Pepper-Jackson finished third in the discus throw in West Virginia last year though she was in just her first year of high school.

The plaintiffs in both cases, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, allege that state bans on trans girls participating in sports violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment...