Federal Court Dismisses Trump Administration Lawsuit Over California Trans Youth Sports Policy

Federal judge tosses Trump lawsuit over young trans athletes in California school sports

In a major LGBTQ+ rights victory, the justice department cannot force the state to ban trans girls from women’s sports A federal judge has dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit challenging California’s policy of allowing transgender youth to play on sports teams that match their gender, a major loss for Donald Trump and the Department of Justice (DoJ). The justice department had been fighting for a year to force California to ban trans girls from women’s sports, with the president dire...

By Sam Levin in Los Angeles