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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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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

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

5 Brazilian Feminists Sticking’ it to the Man

A Team of Refugees Is Competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics!

Planning to “Olympics and chill”? Just make sure you’re protected like an Olympian.

5 Things That Are Just as Unimportant to Talk About as the Clothing Female Athletes Are Wearing at the Olympics

The 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Are Finally Here!

5 Badass Women to Watch at the Summer Olympics