What’s the difference between boys and girls, particularly on the athletic field?

Quite a lot, of course.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard the case of two transgender students, Becky Pepper-Jackson and Lindsay Hecox, biological boys fighting to compete on girls’ sports teams.

Pepper-Jackson is from West Virginia and Hecox is from Idaho, two of the 27 states that ban biological boys from competing in girls’ sports. 

Only a small number of people are personally affected by transgender athletes in sports — in fact, Pepper-Jackson’s lawyers say their client is the only person affected by the law in the entire state of West Virginia.

For now.

But if the Supreme Court strikes down these state laws, it stands to reason that more biological boys will want to reap the rewards that come from being at the top of a competitive sport.

They might not even need to undergo medical procedures, Tuesday’s argument indicated — just declare a handy new “identity.”  

A middling male basketball player could suddenly become the best player on the girls’ high school hoops team — and be recruited by colleges for his success.

It would destroy girls’ sports........

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