Judge To Weigh Challenge to New Hampshire Law Blocking Transgender Girls From Playing on Middle and High School Girls’ Sports

Two teenagers, 14 and 15, both of whom are receiving puberty blockers and hormone therapy to prevent ‘development of characteristics of males,’ say not playing on the female teams would cause them ‘immediate and irreparable’ harm.

Sara Tirrell via AP
Transgender teenager Parker Tirrell, who is challenging a New Hampshire state law on transgender athletes in public high schools. Sara Tirrell via AP

The latest clash over transgender athletes competing in female sports is unfolding in New Hampshire, with a federal judge on Tuesday set to hear a challenge to New Hampshire’s new “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” which blocks transgender females from competing in women’s middle and high school athletic competitions.

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