Trump Sues California Over Transgender Athletes in Schools
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The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to decide whether states may ban transgender students from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity, revisiting the issue of LGBTQ rights in a blockbuster case just days after upholding a ban on some health care for trans youth.
The court announced it would hear challenges to state laws barring transgender youth from girls’ and women’s sports.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take up transgender sports laws from Idaho and West Virginia, among the 27 states that have such laws.
A trio of high school athletes filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn all sports records set by transgender students in Oregon and ban them from participating in future competitions.
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the state of California over its policy regarding transgender individuals participating in women's and girls' sports.