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The Supreme Court ruled that states may ban transgender girls from girls’ and women’s sports teams, a win for conservatives that’s prompting efforts to extend bans to Democratic-led states and even pursue nationwide restrictions, signaling more battles over transgender athletes and school policies.
After the Supreme Court’s rulings upholding state bans on transgender athletes and related decisions on transition care and parental notification, LGBTQ+ advocates are debating whether every case should go to the Court, warning that pressing high-profile cases on a conservative bench could yield sweeping precedents that undermine the movement even as transgender rights face a year of setbacks.
Three American women—Tori Penso, Brooke Mayo and Kathryn Nesbitt—made history as the first all-American, all-women officiating crew at the men’s FIFA World Cup, refereeing the Czech Republic vs. South Africa group-stage match with Penso as center official and Mayo and Nesbitt as assistants. The trio are seasoned FIFA officials who’ve worked major events, and Mayo is noted as the World Cup’s first publicly out gay official.
The Senate rejected a Trump-backed amendment to a broad voting bill that would have barred transgender women from competing in girls’ and women’s sports, with the vote aligned along party lines. Sponsored by Sen. Tuberville, the provision was part of a package that also includes voter-ID and mail-voting restrictions; Democrats say they’ll block the bill without broader GOP support to overcome a filibuster.
The Washington Post reports that the Supreme Court will hear a West Virginia case about Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 15-year-old transgender student-athlete, challenging a state law that bans transgender girls from girls' sports teams, highlighting the personal toll on Pepper-Jackson and the broader national debate over fairness and inclusion in women’s sports.