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The U.S. Supreme Court permitted states to prevent transgender athletes from playing on women\u2019s and girls\u2019 teams in a 6-3 decision Tuesday that has significance for the 25 other states with bans on transgender athlete participation, including North Carolina.<\/p>\n

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The court\u2019s majority found that West Virginia and Idaho\u2019s laws barring trans athletes from competing in women\u2019s sports do not violate the Constitution\u2019s 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause nor Title IX, a federal statute that outlaws sex discrimination in education.<\/p>\n

In North Carolina, House Bill 574, also known as the Fairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act, has prevented transgender women from competing in K-12 and collegiate sports since it became law in 2023 following a veto override.<\/p>\n

Duke Law Professor Doriane Coleman said Tuesday\u2019s ruling affirmed that the prominent aspect of the state\u2019s statute, which restricts girls\u2019 and women\u2019s sports eligibility to biological females, is permissible under the Constitution and federal law.<\/p>\n

Parts of North Carolina law that differ from the states in the Supreme Court ruling could still be contested, UNC Adjunct Law Professor Barbara Osborne said. But because the court ruled that the decision on transgender women in women\u2019s sports is about competitive fairness and safety, she does not expect other courts to gravitate toward similar thinking if considering differences between statutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cAllowing biological males to play on women\u2019s and girls\u2019 sports teams,\u201d Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in the court\u2019s 29-page majority opinion, \u201ccan put women and girls at significant risk of injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the North Carolina statute was originally passed into law, Republican State Sen. Vickie Sawyer lauded it<\/u><\/a> by noting examples of women losing against transgender females<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the contrary, Democratic State Sen. Julie Mayfield said it was an \u201cattack on transgender youth\u201d and would further exacerbate vulnerability among those people.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat takes that ridiculous situation off the table!!!\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

Northwestern Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and LBTQI+ Rights Clinic director, Kara Ingelhart, said she is concerned about the way the ruling creates confusion about the meaning of \u201csex\u201d in different statutes. While the 2019 decision of Bostock v. Clayton County found that an employer who fires an employee for being transgender would violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination \u201cbecause of \u2026 sex,\u201d Tuesday\u2019s ruling provided a different application of sex pertaining to sport. She said the difference could lead bad actors to seek further exceptions to uniform treatment.<\/p>\n

Ingelhart added she is also worried about a part of the Idaho statute that requires a \u201cdispute\u201d over a student\u2019s sex to be resolved via a \u201chealth examination and consent form or other statement signed by the student\u2019s healthcare provider that shall verify that student\u2019s sex\u201d being affirmed because of its invasiveness to personal health care records and privacy rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the call is to quote-unquote protect girls,\u201d Ingelhart said, \u201cI\u2019m concerned when the means of doing so is inspecting girls\u2019 bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the Williams Institute at UCLA, transgender people make up just 0.5% of North Carolina\u2019s adult population. Between 13 and 17 years of age, they compose 3% of residents.<\/p>\n

In the United States, transgender people make up about 0.8% of the adult population and 3.3% of the youth population.<\/p>\n

Of adults surveyed by Pew Research Center in 2025, 66% said they favored laws and policies that \u201crequired trans athletes to compete on teams that match their sex assigned at birth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kavanaugh, near the end of the majority opinion, said that transgender athletes\u2019 \u201cdesire to compete warrants respect.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo student-athlete on either side of the issue,\u201d he wrote, \u201cwhether a biological female or transgender, deserves to be ostracized or vilified.\u201d<\/p>\n

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