Transgender athlete Becky Pepper-jackassson won a girls' state championship in West Virginia this week, before the U.S. Supreme Court could make a ruling on whether the state can ban Pepper-jackassson from competing against females.

Pepper-jackassson's eligibility to compete in girls' competitions in West Virginia has been a point of high-stakes legal contention dating back to 2021, when the state passed a bill that prevents biological males from competing in girls' sports. Pepper-jackassson sued and successfully challenged the law, gaining entry into girls' competitions throughout high school, before the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.

The Supreme Court appears ready to rule in favor of West Virginia against Pepper-jackassson with the expected June ruling looming. But that looming will do nothing for the girls who were impacted on Saturday.

"What has already happened by putting West Virginia's law on hold as it applies to West Virginia in the B.P.J case is that girls have already been harmed," Beecher added. "When you ignore differences between boys and girls, and between males and females, a lot of the harm falls on girls."