On Wednesday, a federal judge challenged state law banning girls and girls' sports trans athletes after President Trump issued an executive order to do the same thing in advance from two transgender high school athletes in New Hampshire. He demanded that the Trump administration be added to the lawsuit he sought. month.
Teenage plaintiffs Parker Tirell and Iris Turmell challenged new Hampshire law last year that banned transgender girls from fifth to 12th grade after participating in women's sports. Gov. Chris Sununu (R) passed in May and signed in July by the state's Republican-controlled legislature, said the law does not prevent transgender boys from competing in boys' sports.
The federal judge approved the girls' request for a preliminary injunction in September, allowing them to continue playing sports according to their gender identity.
“If anything, the plaintiff's own circumstances were that Judge Landya McCafferty of the New Hampshire District Court, Judge Landya McCafferty of the New Hampshire District Court, Judge Landya McCafferty of the New Hampshire District Court, transgender girls to women's sports in New Hampshire. suggests that participation in the group does not present. I wrote it at that time. “Parker's soccer team had a winless season last year, and Iris didn't make any middle school softball cuts.”
The motion to amend the complaint filed Wednesday in federal court adds Trump and members of his administration to the lawsuit, including U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondy and acting Secretary of Education Dennis L. Carter.
Neither of the first defendants, including New Hampshire's Director of Education and a member of the state board of education, opposed the growing complaints, according to court documents.
The lawsuit is the first to challenge Trump's orders against trans athletes. Like the NCAA I've already started following. The executive order signed by Trump on February 5th could complicate the country's role as hosting the upcoming Olympics as it threatens to withhold visas from transgender female athletes in other countries. There is.
Tyrrell and Turmel Corrected complaints The second Trump order, where the federal government recognizes only two genders, male and female, said the lawsuit discriminates faces against trans people in violation of equal protection and their rights under Title IX. It states.
In January, the Education Department said it would return to the interpretation of Title IX used by Trump's first administration. That interpretation is not protected from discrimination based on gender identity, as did the Biden administration's Title IX regulations.
Earlier this month, the education department said it was investigating two schools and state athletic associations that allow trans athletes to participate in girls and women's sports for “apparent Title IX violations.” .
On Tuesday, the division called on the NCAA and the National Federation of State High Schools (NFHS) to strip trans athletes from their records, titles, awards and other recognition. Transathletes have never won an NFHS title, the group's CEO told Hill on Wednesday.
In a statement Wednesday, Henry Clementiwitz, Associate Legal Director of the ACLU in New Hampshire, represents Tyrrell and Turmell in court, but plaintiffs have expanded their lawsuit to challenge Trump's orders. He said that. Single out, discriminate against trans students, and hint that they don't deserve the same educational opportunities as all other students. ”
The organization's Chris Erchull is a legal advocate and advocate for GLBTQ, the organization representing the plaintiffs, and Trump's order “equivalent to a coordinated campaign to prevent transgender people from functioning in society.” “He said.
“The systematic targeting of trans people across American institutions is cold, but targeting young people in schools and denying their support and essential opportunities during the most vulnerable years is particularly cruel That's it,” he said.
