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Judge temporarily blocks NH's trans sports ban, allowing one student to rejoin her team


This story was originally produced by the New Hampshire Bulletin, an independent local newsroom that allows NHPR and other outlets to republish its reporting.A day after a state law preventing transgender girls from playing girls’ sports took effect, a federal judge has temporarily blocked the law from being used against a New Hampshire teenager.


 Judge Landya McCafferty of the U.S. District Court of New Hampshire ruled Monday that neither the state nor any school district could stop Parker Tirrell, 15, from participating in practices or games for the Plymouth Regional High School girls’ soccer team, until the court meets again in a few weeks.The ruling will allow Tirrell to join a soccer practice Monday evening with her team.


https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2024-08-19 ... n-her-team


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