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ATLANTA 鈥� As part of its 50-year mission defending the rights of women and girls under Title IX, the National Women鈥檚 Law Center (NWLC) seeking to intervene in a lawsuit demanding the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ban transgender women from participating in women鈥檚 college sports teams and using restrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their gender identity.

In Gaines v. NCAA, several athletes and former athletes allege the NCAA鈥檚 already strict policies governing sports eligibility for trans student-athletes discriminate against cisgender women. Under political pressure, a few years ago, the NCAA its own long-term, previous policy that offered a clear path to inclusion for trans women in college who were receiving gender-affirming medical care. Yet, the plaintiffs--falsely purporting to speak on behalf of a national class of all past, present, and future NCAA women athletes--want to force the NCAA to categorically ban women and girls who are transgender from playing sports. Represented by the 桃子视频 (ACLU), 桃子视频of Georgia, and Cooley LLP, NWLC is asking to be officially joined as a party to the case and has filed a motion to dismiss, citing severe flaws in legal and factual statements presented in the complaint.

Women athletes from across the country have voiced support for the inclusion of trans college athletes, including the iconic Billie Jean King, Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird, and the reigning champion NCAA Women鈥檚 Basketball Coach Dawn Staley.

鈥淎s a women鈥檚 rights organization that has advocated for strong Title IX enforcement since its inception, we feel called upon to defend against extremist attacks on our trans sisters鈥揳ttacks that weaponize and distort the language of women鈥檚 rights to justify discrimination and bigotry. Let me be clear: we firmly support the inclusion of women and girls who are transgender in all aspects of school鈥搃ncluding sports, restrooms, and locker rooms鈥揳s a matter of both civil rights law and human rights,鈥� said Shiwali Patel, Director of Justice for Student Survivors and Senior Counsel at the National Women鈥檚 Law Center. 鈥淲e are proud to be entering this important legal battle to represent the wider women鈥檚 rights movement and ensure extremists cannot turn Title IX on its head and misuse it as a weapon to enforce bullying and exclusion of students who want 鈥� and deserve 鈥� to play college sports with their peers.鈥�

鈥淭his lawsuit is not only an attack on trans women and girls鈥搃t鈥檚 an attack on all women and girls,鈥� said Jennesa Calvo-Friedman, Staff Attorney for the ACLU鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Rights Project. 鈥淧olicing who is, or isn't, a woman subjects all women and girls to intrusive and humiliating scrutiny. In states across the country, we鈥檝e seen cis and trans girls alike subjected to invasive questioning and harassment because their hair is too short, or they perform too well, to be considered 鈥榬eal girls.鈥� Women's sports are critical because they provide freedom from pressure to comply with expectations about how women should look and behave, but this lawsuit diminishes that freedom and joy.鈥�

鈥淲e are proud to represent the NWLC in standing up against this unfair attack on transgender women and girls,鈥� said Kathleen Hartnett of Cooley LLP. 鈥淲e look forward to showing the Court that Plaintiffs鈥� challenge is unfounded and that anti-transgender discrimination has no place in college athletics or anywhere else.鈥�

鈥淭he 桃子视频of Georgia advocates for the right of all Georgians to be treated equitably and to freely participate in all aspects of society. Exclusionary and divisive policies on who can compete in women's sports harm all women, cisgender and transgender alike,鈥� said Nneka Ewulonu, Staff Attorney, 桃子视频of Georgia.

鈥淚t鈥檚 no coincidence that the activists who brought this case think women should be solely defined by our ability to carry children,鈥� added Calvo-Friedman. 鈥淭his case is part of a broader, extreme effort to control women鈥檚 bodies and lives, but we won鈥檛 let them succeed in selling women out.鈥�

If the request is approved by the federal district court in Georgia, NWLC will have full participation in all future proceedings, including any potential trial.

Alongside bans on gender-affirming healthcare and abortion bans, statewide policies that categorically ban trans athletes from participation have passed in 23 states in just the last three years. In August 2023, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked enforcement of Idaho鈥檚 ban on transgender athletes, and, in April 2024, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request to enforce West Virginia鈥檚 state ban against Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 13-year-old trans girl and middle school track athlete. The Attorney General of West Virginia has to seek a Supreme Court review of the latter ruling.