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\"Washington<\/p>\n

The US Supreme Court has upheld state bans on transgender athletes. (PHOTO: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

(georgeclerk via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The US Supreme Court<\/a> has upheld state laws that bar transgender athletes<\/a> from competing in girls’ and women’s school sports, handing a major victory to conservatives in one of the country’s most closely watched culture-war disputes. The ruling allows Idaho, West Virginia and more than two dozen other Republican-led states to enforce laws requiring students to compete on teams based on their sex assigned at birth rather than their gender identity.<\/p>\n

The decision follows last year’s Supreme Court ruling that upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors, further signalling the court’s support for state restrictions on transgender rights.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump<\/a> welcomed the decision, calling it a \u201cbig win\u201d and saying on Truth Social that the court had taken \u201cthat ridiculous situation off the table.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cases were brought by transgender students who argued the laws violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause and Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in education.<\/p>\n

Supporters of the bans say they are necessary to ensure fair competition and protect opportunities for female athletes. Opponents argue the measures unfairly target a small and vulnerable group of students.<\/p>\n

Writing for the majority, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said states may determine eligibility for girls’ and women’s sports based on biological sex.<\/p>\n

\u201cMay schools determine eligibility for women’s and girls’ sports based on biological sex? The answer is yes,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsistent with Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause, we hold that the States may maintain women’s and girls’ sports for biological females.\u201d<\/p>\n

The court ruled 6-3 in favour of the states.<\/p>\n

The Idaho case centred on the state’s 2020 Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, which was challenged by a transgender athlete at an Idaho university after lower courts found the law unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

During oral arguments in January, Idaho Solicitor General Alan Hurst argued that \u201csex is what matters in sports\u201d, citing biological differences in size, strength, muscle mass and lung capacity.<\/p>\n

The West Virginia case involved a transgender teenage girl who was barred under a 2021 state law from competing on her middle school’s girls’ track team.<\/p>\n

Her lawyers argued that transgender girls who receive testosterone-suppressing treatment do not retain an unfair athletic advantage. They also contended that the laws amount to broad bans motivated more by politics than evidence.<\/p>\n

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