'Save Women's Sports' activists react to Supreme Court trans athlete hearing

ADF attorney John Bursch reacted to an argument that sex should not be defined, by ACLU attorney Joshua Block during a Supreme Court hearing on trans athletes in women's sports. (Credit: Fox News Digital/Jackson Thompson)

Tuesday's Supreme Court hearing on trans athletes in women's sports inspired confidence that the majority of justices will side with the legal defense to "Save Women's Sports" and uphold state bans against biological males in those sports. 

But some activists are far from satisfied with how the hearing was conducted.

Multiple female athletes connected to the case and others who rallied outside the court in support of the cultural movement told Fox News Digital their reactions to the hearing, the arguments and the justices' questions.

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Reactions to the hearing among those women ranged from hopeful optimism for a landmark ruling to jaded disappointment due to the stances and word choice of the justices:

Female athletes party to the case speak outside the U.S. Supreme Court after justices heard arguments in challenges to state bans on transgender athletes in women's sports on January 13, 2026, in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13 wades into the hot-button issue of transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports. (Oliver Contreras / AFP)

Kenyan, a former Idaho State women's cross-country and track runner, is a voluntary defendant in the Little v. Hecox case, which she decided to join after having to compete against a trans athlete her freshman year in 2019. 

"It filled me with excitement and hope for future generations. There should never be a question about states’ rights to protect women’s athletics. I'm glad to see so many people