Transgender Utah girls wishing to compete in high school sports this fall may now do so after a judge on Friday temporarily blocked a state law prohibiting trans student-athletes from joining teams that match their gender identity.
Plaintiffs in the case—which involves three trans girls who want to play on girls' scholastic sports teams—and LGBTQ+ advocates welcomed the preliminary injunction issued by 3rd District Judge Keith Kelly, who wrote that the defendants "do not offer persuasive reasons to categorically ban all transgender girls from competing on girls' teams."
