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Shrai Popat and Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis

Trump administration sues Minnesota for allowing trans athletes in girls’ sports

Donald Trump displays signed executive order surrounded by women athletes at White House
Donald Trump displays signed executive order surrounded by women athletes at White House on 5 February 2025. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

The US Department of Justice sued Minnesota’s education department and the state’s school athletics body on Monday for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports.

In a lawsuit, the justice department claims that by making female student athletes compete against transgender girls, as well as share locker rooms and bathrooms with them, Minnesota is violating Title IX – the federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination for any programs that receive federal funding.

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