Five West Virginia middle school female athletes are being allowed to compete once again after a judge ruled on their behalf. They had been banned from participating in a track and field meet because they protested the involvement of a trans athlete in the girls’ championship.
Judge Thomas A. Bedell issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Harris Board of Education and Lincoln Middle School from enforcing WVSSAC Handbook rules that penalized the students for refusing to compete against 13-year-old transgender athlete Becky Pepper Jackson, WDTV reports.
Sabrina Shriver of Lincoln Middle School and four of her teammates traveled to Clarksburg, WV to participate in the 2024 Harrison County Middle School Championship on April 18th.
Becky Pepper Jackson of Bridgeport Middle School was set to participate in the girl’s shotput competition along with Shriver and her teammates.
As CBN News has reported, Jackson has been at the center of a fight to allow transgender athletes to compete on the team they identify with.
Jackson filed a lawsuit in 2021 to stop West Virginia’s “Save Women’s Sports Act” which would have ensured equal opportunities for women and girls in sports. But as of April, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the bill
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