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Transgender Students Challenge Trump’s Sports Ban in Groundbreaking Lawsuit

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By Web Desk Published February 13, 2025 3 Min Read
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Parker Tirrell (third from left) and Iris Turmelle (second from right) outside the Concord federal courthouse on Aug. 19, 2024, after a judge's temporary order permitted Tirrell to join her school’s soccer team. Photo Credit: Paul Cuno-Booth/NHPR.
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Two transgender students in New Hampshire initiated the inaugural legal contest against President Donald Trump’s executive order, which prohibits their participation in female school sports.

On Wednesday, Parker Tirrell, 16, and Iris Turmelle, 15, alongside their families, escalated their lawsuit—originally aimed at overturning a state law barring transgender girls from competing in female school sports. This legal battle represents a wider challenge spreading across Republican-dominated states.

In a significant development last September, US District Judge Landya McCafferty, appointed by former President Obama, granted a preliminary injunction. This court order prevents the enforcement of New Hampshire’s restrictive sports law at the state and school district levels.

"We've gotten the woke lunacy out of our military, and now we're getting it out of women's sports."

Ahead of signing executive orders, including a ban on transgender women in female sports, Trump says, "The war on women's sports is over."https://t.co/rKxazPq9qW

📺 Sky 501 pic.twitter.com/Uazcnv4V8T

— Sky News (@SkyNews) February 5, 2025

The lawsuit’s expansion now targets the broader implications of Trump’s executive orders, which rigidly define gender as either male or female and exclude transgender women and girls from female sports categories. Following Judge McCafferty’s recent decision, Tirrell and Turmelle were permitted to amend their complaint to confront these federal directives.

Chris Erchull, representing the plaintiffs with GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, emphasized the significance of inclusive school sports, declaring, “School sports are a vital component of educational experience—access to which should not be denied based on identity.”

Two New Hampshire high school students have filed what appears to be the first court challenge to President Trump’s transgender sports ban. The same transgender girls are fighting the state’s version of the ban in federal court — with some success.https://t.co/3cSaAkuhL4

— NH Public Radio (@nhpr) February 12, 2025

The legal challenge contests the constitutionality of Trump’s actions, asserting they infringe upon the equal protection rights of transgender individuals under the US Constitution and Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in educational programs.

The administration has not yet commented on these developments as the case unfolds. Meanwhile, the potential loss of federal funding looms over their schools, instilling a sense of uncertainty and fear among students. Tirrell and Turmelle, who have engaged in sports from a young age and undergone treatments to align their physical traits with their gender identities, are poised to continue advocating for their rights to compete in school sports this spring.

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