The trans teenage plaintiffs, Parker Tirrell and Iris Turmelle, originally filed the lawsuit in 2024 to challenge a current New Hampshire state law prohibiting trans athletes from participating in girls’ sports.The lawsuit later expanded to add President Donald Trump's administration to the defendants after Trump signed the "No Men in Women's Sports" executive order on Feb.
5, 2025.The lawyers for the trans athletes claimed Trump’s executive order, along with parts of a Jan.20 executive order that forbids federal money from being used to "promote gender ideology," subjects the teens and all transgender girls to discrimination in violation of federal equal protection guarantees and their rights under Title IX.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMA transgender athlete and the Supreme Court (Getty Images)The U.S.
District Court for the District of New Hampshire then ruled last year that female athletes represented by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) attorneys were permitted to intervene in the case to defend the state’s women’s sports law and the administration’s executive orders.Now, after the Supreme Court's landmark ruling, which protects state laws that ensure only females compete in girls' sports, there is no room for the trans teens to fight the law in New Hampshire."Women and girls deserve privacy, safety, and equal opportunities.That can’t happen when males are competing in women’s sports, taking spots on women’s athletic teams, and winning women’s championships," ADF Senior Counsel and Vice President of Litigation Strategy Jonathan Scruggs said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.USA POWERLIFTING, ONCE IN TRANS ATHLETE LAWSUIT, SUPPORTS SCOTUS RULING: 'LAW HAS CAUGHT UP WITH THE SCIENCE'"President Trump’s executive orders and New Hampshire’s law recognize common sense and track Title IX, the federal law that ensures equal opportunities for women in athletics.
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