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Episode 2 looks at the recent legislative push to ban transgender kids from scholastic sports across the country in the context of the anti-trans bathroom bans that preceded it. I also dive into the Soule v. Connecticut case that is so frequently referenced as an example of trans athlete exceptionalism despite the actual facts. There will be more later in the season on the organizations encouraging the passage of sports bans and supporting their defense in court, but my guests in this episode start to shed some light on who they are and what motivates their actions. I extend my deepest thanks to each of the contributors to this episode who shared their knowledge and insights with me.
This episode features clips from conversations with:
Shira Berkowitz (Organizational Bio)
Senior Director of Public Policy & Advocacy, PROMO
Val Moyer
Researcher, Athlete Ally
Work referenced:
- Valerie Moyer, et. al., Examining the Ethics and Impacts of Laws Restricting Transgender Youth-Athlete Participation, HASTINGS CTR. REP.. (June 7, 2023), https://doi.org/10.1002/hast.1484.
Bob Boland (Faculty Profile)
Assistant Professor of Law, Seton Hall Law
Dara Purvis (Faculty Profile)
Associate Dean for Research and Partnerships & Professor of Law, Penn State Law
Works referenced:
- Dara E. Purvis, Gender Stereotypes and Gender Identity in Public Schools, 54 U. RICH. L. REV. 927 (2020).
- Dara E. Purvis, Transgender Children, the Heckler’s Veto, and Teaching Early Acceptance, in 72 STUDIES IN LAW, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY 219 (Austin Sarat ed., 2017).
Other articles, cases, and sources cited in this episode:
- Movement Advancement Project, Bans on Transgender Youth Participation in Sports (state laws referenced are linked from the citations tab on this page)
- Kimberly Kindy, Historic Surge in Bills Targeting Transgender Rights Pass at Record Speed, Wash. Post A6 (April 30, 2023).
- Rob O’Dell and Nick Penzenstadler, You Elected Them to Write New Laws. They’re Letting Corporations Do It Instead, USA Today (Apr. 3, 2019)
- Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, H.R. 734, 118th Cong. (2023), available at https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/734/text.
- Soule v. Conn. Ass’n of Sch., No. 3:20-cv-00201 (RNC), 2021 WL 1617206 (D. Conn. April 25, 2021), aff’d, 57 F.4th 43 (2nd Cir. 2022) – court filings available via ACLU
- Hecox v. Little, 479 F.Supp.3d 930 (D. Idaho 2020), aff’d, 79 F.4th 1009 (9th Cir. 2023).
Publication Date
10-9-2023
Disciplines
Education Law | Law and Gender
Recommended Citation
Gras, Sara, "Episode 2: State of the Union" (2023). Season 01. 4.
https://scholarship.shu.edu/hearsay-s01/4
