Walz decries transgender sports ruling as cruel, prompting GOP backlash

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling upholding state bans on transgender athletes in girls’ sports “cruel,” triggering sharp condemnations from conservatives, while he insisted Minnesota will continue to treat transgender youth with dignity. The court’s decision in West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox lets states enforce biological-sex requirements in competition, though many states still lack such protections and Walz says nothing in Minnesota will change.