The United States Supreme Court issued a ruling Tuesday giving states the green light to ban transgender girls and women from competing on female school sports teams.
At the same time, the high court made clear that the decision is not a nationwide mandate — states that wish to allow transgender athletes to participate in women’s and girls’ sports are still free to do so.
The ruling effectively places the authority on this issue in the hands of individual states, allowing each to set its own policy on transgender participation in school athletics.
