Nikki Hiltz reacts as Supreme Court upholds biology-based eligibility in girls’ sports

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that states may bar transgender student-athletes from girls’ sports by requiring competition based on biological sex at birth, a decision Nikki Hiltz—who identifies as transgender nonbinary—called disappointing but affirming that trans people belong in sport; the ruling, part of West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox, could empower more states to enforce biology-based limits, even as 23 states lack such laws and some protections remain in others; Hiltz has discussed gender identity and recently won the Prefontaine Classic mile.