Transgender high schoolers sue Trump over sports executive order

Published February 12, 2025 4:45pm ET



Transgender teenagers are using the New Hampshire courts to target President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting biological males from participating in female sports. 

Last year, transgender students Parker Tirrell and Iris Turmelle filed a lawsuit against the state over a New Hampshire law that “requires schools to designate athletics by sex and prohibits biological males from participating in female athletics” and bars transgender athletes in grades five through 12 from participating in girls sports.

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