Washington Officials Uphold Trans Sports Policy for 5 to 10 Students as Wrestler Seeks Supreme Court Injunction
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 6
Washington Officials Uphold Trans Sports Policy for 5 to 10 Students as Wrestler Seeks Supreme Court Injunction
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 6
Summary
Washington’s OSPI and WIAA said they will keep allowing students to compete by gender identity while Kallie Keeler’s emergency Supreme Court bid over girls’ wrestling is pending.
Keeler, a Puyallup-area wrestler, says she was sexually assaulted by a male opponent in a December girls’ match and is asking to avoid male matchups or get advance notice so she can opt out without penalty.
The appeal reached Justice Elena Kagan after a federal judge denied a preliminary injunction on Aug. 23 and the Ninth Circuit refused interim relief on Sept. 25; her lawyers argue the policy violates Title IX and parental rights.
Superintendent Chris Reykdal has repeatedly rejected Trump’s February 2025 order on girls’ sports, saying Washington law bars gender-identity discrimination and noting only about 5 to 10 of nearly 250,000 student athletes identify as trans.
With Washington wrestling season opening in mid-November, the dispute now tests whether the Supreme Court’s June 30 ruling allowing states to reserve girls’ teams for biological females affects a state that chooses the opposite policy.