The American Civil Liberties Union is filing a lawsuit against the state of West Virginia over its ban of trans students in school sports, the ACLU announced in a Twitter thread Wednesday.
The ACLU is representing a middle school student named Becky Pepper-Jackson, who would like to try out for the girls' middle school track team but is banned from doing so after a bill was signed in April.
The bill, signed by Republican Governor Jim Justice, bans transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports in middle and high schools and colleges.