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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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Finishing Last: Girls of Color and School Sports Opportunities

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NWLC Submits Testimony Opposing Iowa’s Anti-Transgender Athletics Bill (2022)

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NWLC Submits Testimony Opposing South Dakota’s Anti-Transgender Athletics Bill (2022)

National Women’s Law Center Litigation Highlights – 2021

Dear NCAA, It’s Not Too Late to Let Trans & Intersex Students Play!

NWLC Files Amicus Brief Supporting Trans-Inclusive Student Athletic Policy

Female High School Basketball Team Playing Game

NWLC Leads Second Circuit Amicus Brief in Support of Trans-Inclusive Athletic Policies

Title IX Prohibits Michigan State University from Eliminating Its Women’s Varsity Swim and Diving Team

NWLC Files Sixth Circuit Amicus Brief in Support of MSU’s Women’s Swim and Diving Team

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

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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