The US supreme court ruled on Tuesday that two states that had barred transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams could continue to do so. While the decision is legally narrow, its impact may still be large, experts and trans rights advocates say. It will probably be weaponized to expand exclusionary policies, and leaves the question of trans inclusion in athletics far from settled.
The decision upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho, advancing a central priority of the Trump administration and anti-trans campaigners: blocking trans girls of all ages from joining women’s sports teams.
