New Transgender Sports Ban Challenged

GLAD Law & ACLU of NH have asked the court to expand the existing New Hampshire case to include a legal challenge to Trump’s executive orders banning transgender girls from participating in school sports. Trump’s February 5th executive order banning transgender girls & women from athletics is the latest in a series of executive orders & related policy changes deliberately aimed at broadly restricting the rights of trans Americans in public life. Since taking office January 20th his administration has worked to roll back access to non-discrimination protections, health care, equal educational opportunities, military service & vital identity documents for trans US citizens. Henry Klementowicz, Deputy Legal Director at ACLU of NH stated, “We’re expanding our lawsuit to challenge President Trump’s executive orders because, like the state law, it excludes, singles out & discriminates against transgender students & insinuates that they are not deserving of the same educational opportunities as all other students. Every child in New Hampshire & across the country has a right to equal opportunities at school & all students do better when they have access to resources that improve their mental, emotional & physical health.” GLAD Law & the ACLU of NH filed the motion in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire in the case Tirrell & Turmelle v. Edelblut a federal lawsuit challenging HB 1205 a 2024 state law banning all transgender girls in grades 5-12 from participating in school sports in New Hampshire public schools. Last fall the court ordered that students Parker Tirrell & Iris Turmelle be allowed to play sports during the litigation.

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