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A federal law, Title IX, makes it illegal for schools to discriminate against students because of their sex ― which means that girls have the same right to play as boys.

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Trans Women and Girls Belong: Why the Mississippi Fairness Act Fails All of Us

New National Campaign Advocates for Urgent Passage of the Equality Act

Image Of A Young Hispanic Woman On Her Smart Phone, Dramatic Perspective Seating Of Bleachers

NWLC and 24 Women’s Rights and Gender Justice Organizations Urge South Dakota Governor to Veto Harmful Anti-Transgender Athletics Bill

NWLC Submits Testimony Opposing South Dakota’s Anti-Transgender Athletics Bill (2021)

12 Things New Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Can Do to Promote Gender Equity

Stop Using Girl Athletes to Justify Your Transphobia

100 Days 100 Wins

100 Wins, 100 Days: Decisive Actions to Advance Gender Justice

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National Women’s Law Center Litigation Highlights

NWLC Leads Amicus Brief Against Idaho Law That Targets Trans Women and Girls and Harms All Female Students

Hecox v. Little – Fighting Discrimination Against Trans Women and Girls in Sports

Female High School Basketball Team Playing Game

Ensuring Title IX Protections – Radwan v. University of Connecticut Board of Trustees

Keeping Trans Athletes Off the Start Line Will Not Fix Girls’ Sports

National Women’s Law Center Litigation Highlights – 2019

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: No matter their success, female athletes still have to fight to be treated equally

Union City School District To Improve Girls’ Athletic Opportunities

Statement in Support of Full and Equal Access to Athletics for Transgender People

Speaking Up for Equality in the House of Representatives

Badass Women to Watch at This Year’s Winter Olympics

Debunking the Myths About Title IX and Athletics

The Battle for Gender Equity in Athletics in Colleges and Universities

The Battle for Gender Equity in Athletics in Elementary and Secondary Schools

Reclaiming My Sport on National Girls and Women in Sports Day

Five Incredible Women to Cheer at the Paralympic Games

“Tennis Balls Are Expensive,” and Other Tales of Fighting for Athletic Opportunities for Girls