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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Ramer

Trump seeks removal from a New Hampshire lawsuit challenging his order on transgender athletes

Transgender Athletes New Hampshire - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

President Donald Trump's administration wants to be dropped from a lawsuit in which two New Hampshire teens are challenging their state's ban on transgender athletes in girls’ sports and the president’s executive order on the same topic.

Parker Tirrell, 16, and Iris Turmelle, 14, became first to challenge Trump’s “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” order when they added him to their ongoing lawsuit over New Hampshire’s ban in February. A federal judge has ruled that they can try out and play on girls sports teams while the case proceeds.

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