New restrictions are part of a larger wave of legislation across the U.S. against transgender rights.
As children across the U.S. head back to classes and practices for fall sports, four more states are expecting their K-12 schools to keep transgender girls off their girls' teams.
The sports laws have been imposed since 2020, and most are aimed at transgender girls. A majority cover less formal intramural contests organized within a single school's student body as well as contests among different schools, and some restrict transgender boys as well. Almost all say other students and their parents can sue schools that don't enforce the restrictions.
Kansas and other states expect school officials to review a child's earliest birth certificate if questions arise about an athlete's eligibility. Supporters of the restrictions argue that they're protecting fair competition and scholarship opportunities for young women that took decades to win. They say that well before puberty, boys have physical advantages over girls in speed, strength and lung capacity.
For example, in Kansas, the State High School Activities Association recorded 11 transgender athletes during the 2022-23 school year, and three were trans girls. Before Florida's law took effect in 2021, its High School Athletic Association had cleared 13 transgender students to play in the previous eight years.
Jackson said the state knows her daughter only"on paper," and Becky improved by training relentlessly at home with her own equipment.
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