Transgender student at center of major Supreme Court appeal withdraws her case

Transgender athlete drops challenge to Idaho women’s sports law

An Idaho transgender athlete asked the U.S. Supreme Court this week to drop a challenge against a state law that "bars transgender girls and women from playing on girls’ and women’s sports teams," according to a filing by her attorneys. In July, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case Little v. Hecox, which began in 2020. A trans athlete at Boise State University, Lindsay Hecox, sued the state to compete on the university's women's cross-count…

Transgender woman asks Supreme Court to drop sports case

Lawyers for a 24-year-old transgender woman urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to dismiss a challenge to an Idaho law that bans transgender women and girls from participating on girls’ and women’s sports teams. Lindsay Hecox, who originally filed the case because Hecox wanted to try out for the women’s track and cross-country teams at Boise State University, will no longer play women’s sports in Idaho, Hecox’s lawyers said. And as a result, Heco…

Student Contesting Idaho Ban on Males in Female Sports Withdraws Supreme Court Case

A male Idaho college student challenging his state’s ban on male athletes competing on school sports teams intended for females asked to withdraw his Supreme Court case on Sept. 2. Idaho filed a brief the next day indicating it opposes the request. Previously, on July 3, the Supreme Court granted Idaho’s petition in Little v. Hecox, but had not yet scheduled an oral argument in the case. On the same day, the high court also granted West Virginia…

Student challenging Idaho trans athlete ban withdraws case ahead of Supreme Court fight

A transgender college student challenging Idaho’s 2020 ban on transgender athletes notified the Supreme Court this week that she would drop her case, citing personal and academic challenges and intensifying “negative public scrutiny” tied to her involvement in it.  Attorneys for Lindsay Hecox told the high court Tuesday that the Boise State University senior was withdrawing her…

Opponents urge Supreme Court to hear case as transgender plaintiff backs out

null / Credit: NMKStudio/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Sep 4, 2025 / 11:32 am (CNA). A transgender-identifying plaintiff in a major lawsuit being considered by the U.S. Supreme Court has requested that the court drop the case and reverse lower court ... [...]

Opponents Urge Supreme Court to Hear Case As Transgender Plaintiff Backs Out

Miriam Doerr Martin Frommherz The high court in July had agreed to consider Hecox’s challenge to Idaho’s ban on men in women’s sports The decision brought rebuke from women’s advocates, who argued that the filing was a means of avoiding a potentially unfavorable Supreme Court ruling.