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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.
The U.S. Education Department has opened a Title IX investigation into Smith College over its policy of admitting transgender women, arguing that the law’s single-sex admissions exception applies to biological sex rather than gender identity and that trans students’ access to women‑only spaces is under review. The inquiry follows a 2025 complaint by Defending Education, and Smith College began admitting trans women in 2015, stating its policy reflects its founding mission while evolving with the changing world. Responses from peer women’s colleges were not immediately provided.
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.
A federal appeals court ruled that Montgomery County Public Schools did not violate a Christian substitute teacher’s First Amendment rights by requiring her to use transgender students’ pronouns in the classroom.
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.