Little v. Hecox

Little v. Hecox
Supreme Court of the United States
Full case name	Little v. Hecox
Docket no.	24-38
Questions presented
Whether laws that seek to protect women's and girls' sports by limiting participation to women and girls based on sex violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Little v. Hecox is a pending United States Supreme Court case regarding limiting participation in "women's and girls' sports" on the basis of sex.

Background

In 2020, Idaho enacted the Fairness in Women's Sports Act. Prior to the law, there were no known instances of transgender girls competing in Idaho athletics under existing rules. Under the law, ^[1] Athletic teams are designated as:

(a) Males, men, or boys

(b) Females, women, or girls

(c) Coed or mixed

Teams or sports designated as (b) "shall not be open to students of the male sex".

If disputed, a student may establish sex by presenting a signed physician's statement that shall indicate the student's sex based solely on:
(a) The student's internal and external reproductive anatomy;
(b) The student's normal endogenously produced levels of testosterone;
and
(c) An analysis of the student's genetic makeup.

Hecox, a transgender woman and student at Boise State University who wished to join the women’s cross-country team, filed suit alongside a cisgender high school athlete known as Jane Doe. The District of Idaho issued an injunction blocking the law which was affirmed by the Ninth Circuit. ^{[2] [3]}

See also

• 2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
• List of court cases involving Alliance Defending Freedom
• List of LGBTQ-related cases in the United States Supreme Court
• West Virginia v. B. P. J.

References

1. "HOUSE BILL NO. 500" (PDF). Idaho Legislature .
2. "Little v. Hecox". oyez.org .
3. "Case: Hecox v. Little". Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse .