March 31 (UPI) -- The Justice Department is suing the Minnesota Department of Education, asking a federal court to force it to comply with the Trump administration's policies prohibiting transgender student-athletes from competing in girls' sports.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, is the latest in a broad series of federal actions -- including lawsuits, investigations, funding measures and an immigration-enforcement surge -- the Trump administration has taken against the Democratic-led state headed by Gov. Tim Walz, a frequent President Donald Trump target.
Federal prosecutors are asking the court to rule that the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota State High School League are violating Title IX's prohibition on sex-based discrimination over their policies allowing transgender student-athletes at federally funded schools to compete in girls' sports and use spaces designated for girls, such as bathrooms and changing rooms.
"This DOJ acknowledges biological reality and we refuse to let high school girls be subjected to this treatment," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement on X announcing the lawsuit.
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