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ID ban on trans athletes heads to Supreme Court
Shiwali Patel is senior director of education justice with the National Women’s Law Center, which has filed an amicus brief defending trans athletes in the case. Her organization argues the bans violate Constitutional equal protection guarantees and misinterpret Title IX protections prohibiting sex-based discrimination in federally funded education. “These laws are very concerning,” said Patel, “because these are flat-out denials of opportunity to play sports, and they target a very vulnerable community, and they’re discriminatory.”