The U.S. Supreme Court is stepping into one of the most politically charged corners of LGBTQ+ rights: whether states can bar transgender girls and women from participating on girls’ and women’s school sports teams.

On January 13, 2026, the justices are scheduled to hear two cases together – West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox – challenging statewide bans in West Virginia and Idaho.

The Supreme Court hears oral argument in B.P.J. v. West Virginia, a case about whether West Virginia’s law banning transgender girls and women from female sports violates Title IX and the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.

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