Meet the 13-year-old West Virginian suing to join her school's …
2023年10月28日 · Becky Pepper-Jackson, 13, sat in a courtroom Friday morning while lawyers argued over a law in her home state of West Virginia that would ban her from running on the girls’ cross-country...
Meet the West Virginian Middle School Student Challenging a …
2023年10月30日 · A 13-year-old transgender girl in West Virginia was in a federal appeals court on Friday challenging a state law that prevents her from competing on her school’s track and field team for girls....
Meet the 13-year-old West Virginian suing to join her school's …
2023年10月31日 · Becky Pepper-Jackson, 13, a transgender teen at the center of a legal battle over transgender participation in West Virginia sports and her mother Heather Jackson after a hearing in Richmond,...
11-year-old challenges West Virginia's new law banning …
2021年5月26日 · Becky Pepper-Jackson, 11, through her mother, Heather Jackson, sued the West Virginia Start Board of Education, Harrison County Board of Education, West Virginia Secondary School Activities...
Federal court ruling allows 13-year-old transgender girl to play …
2024年4月17日 · Becky Pepper-Jackson, an eighth-grader at Bridgeport Middle School in Bridgeport, W.Va., challenged the ban when it was enacted in 2021, . Pepper-Johnson has identified as a transgender...
Middle school athletes step out of shot put against transgender …
2024年4月19日 · This past Tuesday, a three-judge panel ruled that West Virginia’s law forbidding the participation of transgender athletes on school sports teams violates the rights Becky Pepper-Jackson, the...
Federal appeals court rules in favor of transgender girl affected by ...
2024年4月16日 · In a 2-1 ruling Tuesday, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Becky Pepper-Jackson, 13, a who argued that the law prevented her from running on the girls’ cross-country and track...
West Virginia v. B. P. J. - Wikipedia
Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 12-year-old transgender girl, challenged the law on Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause and Title IX sex discrimination grounds. [1] U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin originally blocked the law [3] but, after full briefing, ultimately concluded the state's ban was lawful. [4]
B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education
2024年11月20日 · Becky is a middle school student in West Virginia. She has been a cheerleader and wants the opportunity to try out for the cross-country team. A new law in West Virginia would ban her from doing so because she is transgender. Becky and her parents sued and are represented by the ACLU, the ACLU of West Virginia, Lambda Legal and Cooley LLP.
B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education - Lambda Legal
The State of West Virginia enacted a categorical ban to prevent a twelve-year-old girl from playing on a team with her friends and being happy. Becky feels “sad and frustrated” that West Virginia does not see her for the girl that she is. “I just want to run, I come from a family of runners,” said Pepper-Jackson.