On Thursday, a West Virginia judge ruled in favor of four middle school girls who refused to compete against a transgender athlete during the Harrison County District track and field championships. The teen girls protested by purposefully scratching during the shot put competition, which resulted in school officials allegedly banning them from competing in future competitions.
However, Harrison County Judge Thomas Bedell ruled that the girls could not be banned for protesting and granted them a temporary injunction, per WBOY-TV.
The four Lincoln Middle School girls said they were prohibited from competing and were subjected to punishments after participating in a silent protest on April 18 against Becky Pepper-Jackson, a transgender biological male student-athlete from Bridgeport Middle School. Pepper-Jackson won the competition in a landslide defeat.
“Even though there was no malice found on either…
