Madeleine Parrish
Arizona Republic
A federal judge in Tucson has decided to allow two transgender girls to try out for girls’ sports teams at their schools while a lawsuit challenging Arizona’s law barring transgender girls from competing on girls’ teams proceeds.
The decision comes 10 days after a hearing on the motion for a preliminary injunction.
At that hearing attorneys for the girls, 11 and 15, and their parents argued that the stated goals of the 2022 law — safety and fairness in girls’ sports — are not related to its
categorical ban on all transgender girls from girls’ teams. The girls’ lawyers also argued that banning them from competing on their schools’ girls’ sports teams as the lawsuit proceeds would cause them irreparable harm.
The plaintiffs’ attorneys told U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer G. Zipps that neither of the girls have undergone male puberty due to their treatment for gender dysphoria, a diagnosis that describes a feeling of discomfort or distress that might occur in an individual whose gender identity differs from their sex assigned at birth or their body
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