On Tuesday, the Minnesota State Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a high-profile case involving JayCee Cooper, a trans-identified male powerlifter, who sued USA Powerlifting (USAPL) after being barred from competing in the women’s category. The lawsuit, filed in 2021, alleges that the organization violated the Minnesota Human Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on an individual's gender identity.
President-elect Donald Trump is considering Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as a potential replacement for Pete Hegseth, his current nominee for Secretary of Defense. This development arises amid concerns over Hegseth's ability to secure Senate confirmation due to allegations of sexual misconduct and financial mismanagement.
Attorneys general from 24 Republican-led states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold laws protecting women’s and girls’ sports by restricting participation to biological females. This move challenges a 9th Circuit Court ruling that froze Arizona’s law safeguarding women’s sports, citing potential violations of the Equal Protection Clause.
A contentious legal battle over free speech and the inclusion of transgender athletes in girls' sports has unfolded in New Hampshire, where Judge Steven McAuliffe is presiding over a case involving parents who wore pro-girl wristbands to protest a transgender athlete competing on a high school girls' soccer team.
A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals judge likened the female-only policy of Olympus Spa, a Christian Korean-owned business in Washington, to a "whites-only" rule during a hearing on Monday. The spa restricts entry to "biological females," citing constitutional rights, but faces accusations of discrimination from the state’s Human Rights Commission.
Former President Bill Clinton suggested in a recent interview that the United States might not yet be ready to elect a female president, following Vice President Kamala Harris’s loss to President-elect Donald Trump.
A high school girls’ volleyball team from California made the difficult decision to forfeit a state playoff game—and ultimately their season—due to a trans-identifying male player on the opposing team.
According to exit polling by the Associated Press, 40% of women under 30 voted for President-Elect Donald Trump, as reported by the Daily Mail on Sunday.
