US Supreme Court upholds transgender athlete bans in Idaho, West Virginia

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld state laws in Idaho and West Virginia that ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s and girls’ sports teams, ruling 6-3 that the bans do not violate the Equal Protection Clause or Title IX. The decision marks a setback for transgender rights, with liberal justices dissenting over unresolved factual disputes about transgender and cisgender girls' equality in sports.