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The Trump administration filed a lawsuit against Minnesota on Monday as the state continued to oppose the president’s executive order to keep men out of women’s and girls’ sports.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) alleged that the state Department of Education (MDE) and the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) violate Title IX policies.
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Groups of protesters stand in front of the United States Supreme Court as justices hear the landmark case to decide whether transgender girls should be allowed to participate in girls’ and women’s sports on Tuesday, January 13, 2026. Credit: Andrew Thomas/CNP (Andrew Thomas/CNP for Pak Gazette Digital)
“The Trump Administration does not tolerate flawed state policies that ignore biological reality and unfairly undermine girls on the playing field,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Minnesota has resisted changing its policies regarding transgender athletes. The state filed a preemptive lawsuit last year, saying the state’s human rights law supersedes President Donald Trump’s executive orders. The lawsuit said at the time that the state was already in compliance with Title IX. A ruling is pending on the federal government’s motion to dismiss the case.
The federal government said in a statement Monday that the state violates Title IX “by requiring girls to compete against boys in athletic competitions designated exclusively for girls and by allowing boys to invade intimate spaces designated exclusively for girls, such as locker rooms and multi-person bathrooms.”
A protester holds a sign outside the Supreme Court during arguments over state laws banning transgender girls and women from playing on school sports teams, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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The Justice Department said MDE funding, which amounts to $3 billion annually from the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, depends on its compliance with Title IX.
The lawsuit asked a federal court in Minnesota to declare that the state violates Title IX.
Pak Gazette Digital has reached out to MSHSL, MDE and Gov. Tim Walz’s office for comment.
In October, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison defended the presence of transgender athletes in women’s sports.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sees the state face a lawsuit from Trump’s Justice Department. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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“Allowing a very small number of transgender students in Minnesota to play on their school’s sports teams doesn’t hurt anyone, but segregating them does,” Ellison said in a statement.
