WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court will consider on Tuesday the legality of laws banning transgender athletes from participating on female sports teams amid escalating efforts by dozens of states and Republican President Donald Trump’s administration to restrict the rights of transgender people.
The justices are due to hear arguments in appeals by Idaho and West Virginia of decisions by lower courts siding with transgender students who challenged the bans in the two states as violating the U.S. Constitution and a federal anti-discrimination law. Twenty-five other states have similar laws on the books.
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Trump’s administration is backing the states in the arguments.
The case could have wider repercussions for transgender people and affect whether other measures targeting them in the public sphere – including military service, bathroom access, treatment in classrooms and designations in official documents such as passports – can be enforced.
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US Supreme Court hears challenge to transgender sports bans
