The EDU Ledger: Supreme Court Clears State Bans on Transgender Athletes in Women’s Sports
June 30. 2026
Executive Director Noreen Farrell is quoted in an Edu Ledger article about today’s Supreme Court decision allowing states to ban transgender students from participating in women’s and girls’ sports.
Noreen Farrell, executive director of Equal Rights Advocates, an organization that fights for “gender justice,” called the decision a “clear misreading” of Title IX – which bans discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs that receive federal funding – and the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment.
“The decision betrays a core purpose of anti-discrimination laws: to expand educational opportunity for all students, not shut them out based on rigid gender stereotypes,” Farrell said in a statement. Noting that transgender athletes only represent 0.002% of college athletes, she continued: “Instead of fixating on transgender athletes, politicians should focus on the real issues facing women’s sports: unequal funding, fewer participation opportunities, sexual abuse and harassment, and lack of resources and facilities.”
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