Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Breaking: Supreme Court appears sympathetic to state bans on transgender girls competing on female sports teams

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Tue Jan 13 2026

Supreme Court appears to back bans on trans athletes: Live updates.

Demonstrators rally outside of the Supreme Court as the justices hear oral arguments in two cases related to transgender athlete participation in sports in Washington, DC, on Jan. 13, 2026. The cases, Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., seek to decide whether laws that limit participation to women and girls based on sex violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

The Supreme Court is debating the laws passed by more than half the states to bar transgender girls and women from playing on female teams.

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