US EditionAppeals court maintains block on nation's first transgender student athlete ban
- Transgender women and girls in Idaho can continue participating in public school and college sports after a federal court ruling upheld an injunction against a law banning their participation.
- The law, signed by Gov. Brad Little, specifically targeted female students, subjected them to a sex verification process, and banned them from sports, without improving gender equality.
- The ruling was praised by the ACLU as a victory for transgender rights and equality, while the state of Idaho has not yet commented on the decision.
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Appeals court maintains block on nation's first transgender student athlete ban
A federal appeals court has ruled against the nation's first ban on transgender girls and women from participating in female student athletics, stating the Idaho law is discriminatory and likely unconstitutional.
Federal appeals court upholds block of Idaho transgender athletes law
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a decision blocking Idaho’s first-in-the-nation ban on transgender athletes in girls and women’s sports.A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a judge's preliminary injunction against the 2020 law, which would prohibit transgender women and girls from playing on female sports teams sponsored by public schools, colleges and universities.The judges ruled that the ban discrimin…
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