Washington Student Asks Supreme Court to Block Trans Athlete Rules in 1 State
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Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 6
Washington Student Asks Supreme Court to Block Trans Athlete Rules in 1 State
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 6
Summary
A Washington high school student on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to block state rules that let transgender athletes compete on female school sports teams.
The filing targets Washington’s policy allowing participation based on gender identity, opening a new legal fight over whether states may permit trans girls and women in girls’ sports.
The Supreme Court has already let bans on transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports take effect, but it has not yet ruled on whether states can legally allow that participation.
That leaves Washington’s case as the next test of the court’s approach to transgender-athlete disputes, shifting the battleground from state bans to state inclusion rules.