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Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender athletes participating in women and girls' sports Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who has long coached his daughters' and other girls basketball teams at school, wrote the court's majority opinion.

US Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender women in female school and college sports Trump called it a "big win" but a major LGBT campaign group described the ruling as "heartbreaking".

BREAKING: Supreme Court rules states can bar transgender athletes from women's sports 🚨The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that states may prohibit transgender athletes from competing on girls' and women's school sports teams, finding that such laws do not violate the Constitution or Title IX.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled states can ban transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sports. The 6-3 ruling is a major blow to anti-discrimination protections for trans students. 🔗 www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

US Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender women in female school and college sports It rules that states can ban transgender athletes from competing in women's and girls' sports.

BREAKING: SCOTUS votes to uphold that schools can determine eligibility for women's and girls' sports teams based on biological sex. Justices sided with Idaho and West Virginia's arguments defending laws put in place in 2020 and 2021.

BREAKING: the U.S. Supreme Court rules that states can ban transgender athletes. Less than half of a percentage of high school athletes are transgender, and the NCAA estimated over a year ago that only about 10 athletes out of 500,000 were transgender. www.sportico.com/law/analysis....

BREAKING: The Supreme Court held that Title IX permits schools to designate girls’ and boys’ sports teams based on biological sex at birth. The Court reversed the Fourth Circuit, upholding West Virginia’s “Save Women’s Sports Act” and similar laws. Src. www.scotusblog.com/cases/west-v...

🚨BREAKING🚨 Ohio LGBTQ+ orgs respond to Supreme Court upholding state bans against trans athletes. TransOhio: ‘One of the most significant setbacks for transgender rights in modern history.' thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/06/30/o...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled that states can ban transgender girls from school sports. This is a devastating ruling for trans students across the country who simply want the freedom to play with their friends.

Supreme Court upholds state transgender sports bans - NBC News Becky Pepper-Jackson, 16, challenged West Virginia's law banning transgender athletes from girls' sports. Jose Luis Magana / AP Share Add NBC News to Google June 30, 2026, 10:04 AM EDT / Updated June 30, 2026, 10:08 AM EDT By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON — Delivering another major blow to LGBTQ rights, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws that ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. The court, largely divided 6-3, ruled against two transgender students, Becky Pepper-Jackson and Lindsay Hecox, who had challenged restrictive laws in the states of West Virginia and Idaho, respectively. The court in an opinion authored by Justice Brett Kavanaugh concluded that the laws do not violate either the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which requires that the law apply evenly to everyone, or Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which bars sex discrimination in education. Although the ruling directly concerns only West Virginia and Idaho, it is likely to affect 25 other states …

US Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender athletes in women's school sports The US Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws barring transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's school sports, delivering a major victory to conservatives in one of the country's most fiercely contested culture-war battles.

One thing I could see happening as a result of today's ruling that excluding trans people from sports is constitutional is: kids being subjected to invasive gender testing, a lawsuit over that reaches the court, the majority narrows today's decision...

🚨BREAKING🚨 Ohio LGBTQ+ orgs respond to Supreme Court upholding state bans against trans athletes. TransOhio: ‘One of the most significant setbacks for transgender rights in modern history.' thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/06/30/o...

8. The Court gave a wide lane for lawsuits in blue states that allow trans athletes to participate. Though the majority avoided ruling on whether inclusive states are violating Title IX, it endorsed the theory that even a single transgender athlete on a girls' team "displaces" cisgender athletes.

Supreme Court lets states ban transgender athletes from female teams POLITICS Supreme Court of the United States Add Topic Supreme Court lets states ban transgender athletes from female sports teams 27 states prevent transgender girls and women from participating on female sports teams in schools. The ruling addresses one of the nation’s most high-profile cultural and political issues. Maureen Groppe USA TODAY Updated June 30, 2026, 10:09 a.m. ET Hear this story WASHINGTON – States can ban transgender women and girls from competing on female sports teams, the Supreme Court ruled June 30 in addressing a major cultural and political flashpoint before adjourning for the summer. The decision is another setback for the LGBTQ+ community from the high court, which has issued a series of recent rulings against transgender Americans. The court said West Virginia’s and Idaho’s bans on female transgender athletes do not violate either the Constitution or a federal law barring sex discrimination in education. Writing for the majority, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said schools "may determine eligibility for women's and girls' sports based on biological sex." Twenty-seven states have passed similar …

BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled that states can ban transgender girls from school sports. This is a devastating ruling for trans students across the country who simply want the freedom to play with their friends.

Breaking: The Supreme Court has - in addition to further attacking trans kids just trying to be kids - has also just empowered middle school and high school gym teachers to "verify" your children are cis-girls.

🔴 MAJOR BREAKING: The Supreme Court just handed conservative states a 6-3 victory in one of the country’s most explosive culture-war fights, ruling that schools may keep girls’ and women’s sports limited to biological females under Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause.

US supreme court upholds laws excluding trans women from competing in female sports <p>Justices voted to overturn judgements issued by lower courts in favor of trans students who sued after being barred from competing in West Virginia and Idaho</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jun/30/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-donald-trump-us-politics-latest-news">US supreme court decisions – live updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/us-supreme-court">US supreme court</a> has upheld laws in two conservative states excluding transgender girls and women from competing in female sports in a far-reaching ruling certain to impact trans rights throughout the US.</p><p>The court’s nine justices voted to overturn previous judgements issued by lower courts in favor of two trans students who had sued after being barred from competing in West Virginia and Idaho respectively.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/30/us-supreme-court-upholds-laws-trans-women-sports">Continue reading...</a>

Supreme Court upholds state bans on transgender athletes in girls and ... Supreme Court Supreme Court upholds state bans on transgender athletes in girls and women's sports The ruling on a pair of separate cases from Idaho and West Virginia could carry far-reaching implications for transgender rights. By The Associated Press and Danielle Abreu • Published 6 minutes ago • Updated 5 minutes ago BOOKMARKER NBC Universal, Inc. Demonstrators gather outside Supreme Court weighing transgender athlete bans The Supreme Court heard arguments on the rights of transgender girls and women to play sports in school. News4’s Aimee Cho breaks down the case. The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams. The ruling on a pair of separate cases from Idaho and West Virginia could carry far-reaching implications for transgender rights. In a 6-3 vote, the court's conservative majority ruled the laws don't violate either the Constitution or the landmark Title IX law, which prohibits discrimination in education and has produced dramatic growth in girls and women's sports. The courts three liberal justices — Sonia Sotomayor, Elana K…

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social WashPo In wake of SCOTUS decision, Trump and ADF pursue coast-to-coast trans sports ban in three pending cases and three more filed by DOJ plus dozens of investigations by Dept of Ed -- all to force blue states to ban trans girls.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court just issued decisions in two landmark cases about trans participation in school sports. Our legal experts are still analyzing the ruling, but we will have more to say soon. (1/2)

🏳️‍⚧️ Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states may ban transgender girls from participating on girls' and women's school sports teams. This is a heartbreaking decision. Delaware law still protects students from discrimination based on gender identity, but... 1/2

BREAKING: This morning, the US Supreme Court issued a joint ruling on the cases of Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. BPJ. In a 6-3 ruling, the Court decided to allow state-level bans on transgender athletic participation to stand. Read our statement in response: bit.ly/4oSaEJ6

Breaking: The Supreme Court has - in addition to further attacking trans kids just trying to be kids - has also just empowered middle school and high school gym teachers to "verify" your children are girls.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds West Virginia and Idaho's laws banning trans girls and women from women's sports. Justice Kavanaugh has the opinion for the court, holding that states "may" make sports eligibility based on "biological sex." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Via The Wire: U.S. Supreme Court decision won’t halt lawsuit against NH’s ban on trans athletes GLAD Law said its lawsuit against New Hampshire 2024 law makes different legal arguments than those addressed by the U.S. #NewHampshire #Legal

📰 [NEWS] BREAKING: US SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF IDAHO, WEST VIRGINIA LAWS BANNING TRANSGENDER ATHLETES FROM PARTICIPATING ON FEMALE SPORTS TEAMS - $SOURCE$ ⚡ Live alerts: https://t.me/tickertap_alerts

US Supreme Court upholds transgender sports bans WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court cleared &zwnj;the way on Tuesday for states to impose restrictions on transgender student athletes, upholding laws in Idahoand West Virginia banning them from female sports teams &mdash; a contentious issue enmeshed in the nation&rsquo;s culture wars.

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that states may bar transgender students from playing on girls sports teams, delivering the latest in a series of legal defeats to trans Americans amid a political backlash in conservative states. www.cnn.com/2026/06/30/p...

BREAKING 🚨 The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Idaho and West Virginia laws banning transgender athletes from female sports teams, per Reuters, upholding two of the earliest state bans targeting transgender student athletes.

BREAKING: Today, the Supreme Court upheld two state laws barring trans female athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports teams. We need to show trans women athletes that we stand with them, loudly and without apology.

BREAKING: Today, the Supreme Court upheld discriminatory, anti-trans sports bans in West Virginia and Idaho, allowing these states to leave transgender student athletes behind simply for who they are. All kids deserve the freedom to be, to play, and to belong. Full stop.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rules that states may limit girls’ and women’s sports teams to biological females, and that doing so does not violate Title IX or the Equal Protection Clause. #scotus #breaking

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social WashPo In wake of SCOTUS decision, Trump and ADF pursue coast-to-coast trans sports ban in three pending cases and three more filed by DOJ plus dozens of investigations opened by Dept of Ed all to force blue states to ban trans girls.

Trans youth athletes vow to keep playing after US supreme court sports ruling <p>Justices upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho, boosting similar restrictions in 25 other states</p><p>Transgender youth athletes have vowed to keep playing sports and fighting for equal access to teams after the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-supreme-court">US supreme court</a> ruled in favor of laws banning their participation.</p><p>The court’s conservative supermajority on Tuesday <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/30/us-supreme-court-upholds-laws-trans-women-sports">upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho</a> prohibiting trans girls from participating in women’s teams, finding the laws were constitutional.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/30/trans-youth-athletes-supreme-court-sports-response">Continue reading...</a>

The Supreme Court’s Trans Athlete Ruling Is a Threat to Gender Equality In a widely anticipated defeat for transgender rights, the Supreme Court upheld state laws in Idaho and West Virginia that ban transgender girls from playing on girls’ school sports team. The decision, issued on Tuesday, does not impose a nationwide ban on trans athletes. But it does preserve laws passed in 27 states by GOP [&#8230;]

BREAKING: Transgender youth athletes have vowed to keep playing sports and fighting for equal access to teams after the US supreme court ruled in favor of laws banning their participation. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

BREAKING: Our response to the Supreme Court ruling in B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education and Hecox v. Little, which upholds restrictions on transgender student participation in school sports under Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause in limited circumstances.

US Supreme Court upholds transgender sports ban The court decided 9-0 that the state laws do not violate the Title IX civil rights statute.

#SCOTUS Rulings: The #SupremeCourt ruled states may bar transgender girls from competing on girls’ school sports teams, upholding Idaho & West Virginia laws. It also rejected efforts to end #BirthrightCitizenship, leaving the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of #citizenship at birth intact. #BreakingNews

BREAKING: Our response to the Supreme Court ruling in B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education and Hecox v. Little, which upholds restrictions on transgender student participation in school sports under Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause in limited circumstances.

US Supreme Court upholds state bans on transgender student athletes The US Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for ⁠states to impose restrictions on transgender student athletes, upholding laws in West Virginia and Idaho banning them from female sports teams. It delivered a major victory to conservatives in one of the country’s most fiercely contested culture-war battles. The justices overturned decisions by lower courts siding with transgender students who challenged the bans in the two states as violating the US Constitution and a federal...

#BreakingMews: CBS News and Fox News report the U.S. Supreme Court upheld state laws restricting trans athletes in school sports. Minnesota Gov. Walz says state policy will not change. Not yet verified against the court's primary ruling.

Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls and women from school sports teams <p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams.</p>

BREAKING NEWS: SCOTUS lets states ban transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. 🍩 They can ban this, but not guns? Yet another reminder we need Supreme Court reform. 5 people appointed for life should NOT be able to decide every single one of our rights.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled that states can ban transgender girls from school sports. This is a devastating ruling for trans students across the country who simply want the freedom to play with their friends.

Supreme Court upholds state bans on transgender athletes in girls' and ... Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled states can prohibit transgender athletes from competing on girls' and women's sports teams, a decision that delivers the latest setback for transgender rights. In two of the most closely watched cases of its term, the Supreme Court upheld laws from West Virginia and Idaho that restrict transgender athletes' participation in school sports. The cases are known as West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox. Justice Brett Kavanaugh authored the opinion for the majority, writing that under Title IX — the landmark law that requires equal opportunity in sports — and the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause, schools can base eligibility for women and girls' sports teams on biological sex. "Consistent with Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause, we hold that the States may maintain women's and girls' sports for biological females. They may determine eligibility for women's and girls' sports based on biological sex," Kavanaugh wrote. "The Constitution and Title IX do not require an overhaul of women's and girls' sports throughout America." The three liberal justice…

U.S. Supreme Court upholds State laws banning transgender girls, women from school athletic teams Left unresolved by the outcome are lawsuits challenging State laws and regulations in Connecticut, California and elsewhere that permit transgender athletes to compete consistent with their gender identity

BREAKING: In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court has upheld laws banning transgender athlete participation in girls' and women's sports teams. MS NOW's Fallon Gallagher has the latest. www.ms.now/liveblog/sup...

Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls and women ... The U.S. Supreme Court is seen Monday, June 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) WASHINGTON (AP) —The Supreme Courton Tuesday upheld state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, in another setback for transgender people. The court’s conservative majority, which hasrepeatedly ruled against transgender Americansin the past year, ruled that state bans in Idaho and West Virginia don’t violate the Constitution or the federal law known as Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in education. More than two dozen other Republican-led states have adopted bans on female transgender athletes, and the decision seems certain to extend to them as well. Left unresolved by the outcome are lawsuits challenging state laws and regulations in Connecticut, California and elsewhere that permit transgender athletes to compete consistent with their gender identity. Becky Pepper-Jackson,a 16-year-old high school sophomorein Bridgeport, West Virginia, has been taking puberty-blocking medication, has publicly identifiedas a girlsince age 8 and has been issued a West Virgin…