Transgender Athletes and Sport Participation – Updates in the Hecox v. Little Case

By Andrew Gatti, MS & Michael S. Carroll, PhD In April 2020, Lindsay Hecox brought a lawsuit against Bradley Little, the current Governor of the state of Idaho, for the state’s recently enacted Fairness in Women’s Sports Act (HB 500). Hecox was a transgender woman attending Boise State University (BSU) at the time of the complaint. She sought to run for the university’s cross-country team and compete at the NCAA Division I level. However, Governor Little signed the Act in March of 2