CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday challenged bans involving transgender people that target athletes in West Virginia and children in Arkansas, slamming them as violations of federal law.
The American Civil Liberties Union, its West Virginia chapter and LGBTQ interest group Lambda Legal challenged the athlete ban on behalf of an 11-year-old transgender girl who had hoped to compete in cross-country in middle school. “A state law that specifically denies a limited class of people the ability to receive medically necessary care from their healthcare providers solely on the basis of their sex assigned at birth violates the Equal Protection Clause,” the Justice Department filing said. “These restrictions explicitly target transgender people.”
Rutledge's office rejected the Justice Department's argument, saying the state's prohibition “absolutely doesn't discriminate based on transgender status."
I'm glad to see the DOJ finally bringing the hammer, to begin dealing with Republican-dominated states' restrictive and exclusionary new laws.
US is a first world country with third world problems. There is only two genders don't like it too bad facts don't care about your feelings.
You hardly see the kids talk about themselves, its always a delusional parent
Thanks, DOJ, for finally doing your job. Seriously.
Now do Tennessee
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I’m pretty liberal but I don’t get how it’s fair for someone born male to compete in sports against females. If Lebron suddenly identified as a woman and played in the WNBA he would destroy everyone