More than 130 Democratic members of Congress have filed an amicus brief supporting a transgender-identifying athlete—a biological male—at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court case on school sports participation. The athlete is not only at the center of a Supreme Court case but has also been accused of sexual harassment and engaging in intimidation tactics against girls.

In November 2025, 130 Democrats submitted the brief urging the Supreme Court to uphold lower court decisions blocking state bans on transgender-identifying biological males competing in girls’ sports. The brief argues that such bans violate Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause in the consolidated cases West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox. Oral arguments are set for next week, on January 13.

The West Virginia case centers on a boy who goes by Becky Pepper-Jackson (referred to as B.P.J. in court documents). He is a transgender-identifying athlete who sued in 2021—at age 11—to challenge the state’s Save Women’s Sports Act, which was designed to protect women from being forced to compete alongside trans-identifying athletes. To do so, the law designates teams by biological sex and bars biological males from........

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