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31 Tul. J.L. & Sexuality 95 (2022)
Hurdles for Transgender Athletes: States Passing Bans on Transgender Athletes Primes a Fight over Title IX and the Fourteenth Amendment

handle is hein.journals/lsex31 and id is 103 raw text is: Hurdles for Transgender Athletes: States Passing Bans on Transgender Athletes Primes a Fight Over Title IX and the Fourteenth Amendment Dylan Larsen* I. IN TRODUCTION ....................................................................................95 II. THE IMPACT OF COMPETITIVE SPORTS ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF ADOLESCENTS..................................................................97 III. CURRENT EVENTS SHOW CONFLICT BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND CONSERVATIVE STATE L EG ISLA TU RES.....................................................................................98 IV. THE USE OF ANATOMY AS SUPPORT FOR DISCRIMINATORY POLICY .............................................................................................. 104 V. INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ON TRANSGENDER INCLUSION IN SPORTS.......................................................................................... 107 VI. TITLE IX HANDLING OF TRANSGENDER RIGHTS CASES ................... 109 VII. EQUAL PROTECTION AS APPLIED TO TRANSGENDER D ISCRIM IN ATION .............................................................................. 113 VIII. TESTING CONSTITUTIONALITY AND TITLE IX ................................. 116 IX . C ON CLU SION ....................................................................................118 I. INTRODUCTION Few endeavors allow a group of people with no commonality to come together and bond better than sports. Forgetting prejudice and seeing someone as a person is a byproduct of experiencing physical hardship and striving toward a common goal. There is perhaps no group of people less understood than those who identify as transgender. Transgender athletes have been excluded from the bonding power of competitive sports, or if they do get the green light to compete at the highest levels it is the rigorous testing that strips people of basic dignity. I contend that exclusion of a * © 2022 Dylan Larsen, J.D. 2022, Tulane University Law School; B.A. 2015, Texas A&M University. The author would like to thank his girlfriend, Arya, as well as his family and friends for their constant love and unwavering support throughout his legal studies. He would also like to thank his fellow members of Volume 31, particularly Megan Holt, for the tremendous efforts that resulted in a successful publication. 95