On January 13th, the Supreme Court is hearing the arguments for West Virginia v. BPJ, a landmark Supreme Court case that could reshape the future of transgender rights and school athletics nationwide.

The case challenges West Virginia’s 2021 Save Women’s Sports Act, which bans transgender girls and women from participating in female school sports. At the center is B.P.J., Becky Pepper Jackson, a transgender girl who was barred from joining her middle school track team. The justices will weigh whether these state-level bans violate Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

To unpack what’s at stake, we’re joined by Sruti Swaminathan, Senior Staff Attorney with the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project and counsel for B.P.J. in B.P.J. v. West Virginia Board of Education. Swaminathan explains the legal arguments behind the challenge, what this case could mean for transgender students across the country, and dispels a lot of myths about transgender athletes.