Appellate Court Affirms Transgender Athlete’s Case Against Idaho is Not Moot

By Rachel S. Silverman Governor Bradley Little signed Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act into law on March 30, 2020, making Idaho the first state to prohibit transgender and intersex athletes from competing in women’s sports. Lindsey Hecox, a transgender athlete from Boise State, and a co-plaintiff, Jane Doe, sued the state of Idaho over the constitutionality of its Fairness in Women’s Sports Act. In August 2020, the U.S. District Court for Idaho issued a preliminary injunct