Trans youth athletes vow to keep playing after US supreme court sports ruling
Key takeaways
- AB Hernandez, a transgender athlete, competed in three qualifying events at the CIF state track championship in Clovis, California on 30 May 2026.
- Prefer the Guardian on GoogleTransgender youth athletes have vowed to keep playing sports and fighting for equal access to teams after the US supreme court ruled in favor of laws banning their participation.
- The court’s conservative supermajority on Tuesday upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho prohibiting trans girls from participating in women’s teams, finding the laws were constitutional.
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AB Hernandez, a transgender athlete, competed in three qualifying events at the CIF state track championship in Clovis, California on 30 May 2026. Photograph: Los Angeles Times/Getty Images View image in fullscreen AB Hernandez, a transgender athlete, competed in three qualifying events at the CIF state track championship in Clovis, California on 30 May 2026. Photograph: Los Angeles Times/Getty Images LGBTQ+ rights Trans youth athletes vow to keep playing after US supreme court sports ruling Justices upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho, boosting similar restrictions in 25 other states
Prefer the Guardian on GoogleTransgender youth athletes have vowed to keep playing sports and fighting for equal access to teams after the US supreme court ruled in favor of laws banning their participation.
The court’s conservative supermajority on Tuesday upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho prohibiting trans girls from participating in women’s teams, finding the laws were constitutional.