Trans youth athletes vow to keep playing after US supreme court ruling

Justices upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho, boosting similar restrictions in 25 other states Transgender youth athletes have vowed to keep playing sports and fighting for equal access to teams after the US supreme court ruled in favor of laws banning their participation. The court’s conservative supermajority on Tuesday upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho prohibiting trans girls from participating in women’s teams, finding the laws were constitutional. Continue reading...

Sam Levin in Los Angeles and Lex McMenamin in New York · Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 1:24 PM
California | The Guardian

Trans youth athletes vow to keep playing after US supreme court ruling

Justices upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho, boosting similar restrictions in 25 other states

Transgender youth athletes have vowed to keep playing sports and fighting for equal access to teams after the US supreme court ruled in favor of laws banning their participation.

The court’s conservative supermajority on Tuesday upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho prohibiting trans girls from participating in women’s teams, finding the laws were constitutional.

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