US Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender athletes in women's school sports

France 24 Tuesday 30 June 2026, 14:16 UTC By FRANCE 24 1 min read

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US Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender athletes in women's school sports The US Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws barring transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's school sports, delivering a major victory to conservatives in one of the country's most fiercely contested culture-war battles. The US Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for states to impose restrictions on transgender student athletes, upholding laws in Idaho and West Virginia banning them from women's sports teams. The justices overturned decisions by lower courts siding with transgender students who challenged the bans in the two states as violating the US Constitution and a federal anti-discrimination law. The Idaho and West Virginia laws designate sports teams at public schools including universities according to "biological sex" and bar "students of the male sex" from female teams. Twenty-five other states have similar laws on the books. (FRANCE 24 with Reuters and AFP) [Image text:] I+SS Haty nvest Chi

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