Frankie TaggartAFP·1 Jul, 2026 07:27 AM4 mins to readYoung women demonstrate outside the US Supreme Court as the court upheld state laws barring transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's school sports in Washington DC on June 30. Photo / Alex Wroblewski, AFPThe US Supreme Court has upheld state laws barring transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s school sports, delivering a major victory to conservatives in one of the country’s most fiercely contested culture-war battles.
The decision allows Idaho, West Virginia and more than two dozen other Republican-led states to










