New Hampshire is following the executive order of President Donald Trump to prohibit transgender athletes against girls and women.
Before the order, according to New Hampshire Public Radio, the New Hampshire interscholar athletic association deferred to athletes and their districts in their eligibility.
But the association reversed the course, citing a possible lack of federal funds.
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A bill approved in New Hampshire in May that would prohibit transgender athletes, degrees 5-12, to participate based on gender identity. (Pak Gazette)
“In the light of these developments, the NHIAA consulted with the legal advisor and has determined that it would be wise Responsibility to comply with state and federal law. “
Wcax said a statement from the Department of Education “to recommend[ed] The New Hampshire interscolar athletic association to change their policies that allowed students to play in a team that matched their gender identity, not biological sex. “
The former New Hampshire governor, Chris Sununu, signed the state’s equity in the Women’s Sports Law in July, but a lawsuit filed by the families of trans athletes and remains active.
The lawsuit claims that New Hampshire Sununu’s law signed viola the constitutional protections and federal laws because adolescents are denied the same educational opportunities and are being discriminated because they are transgender.
Republican governor Chris Sununu by New Hampshire talks to Pak Gazette Digital at the winter meeting of the Association of Republican governors in Marco Island, Florida, November 19, 2024. (Pak Gazette/Paul Steinhauser)
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Adolescents, Parker Tirrell and Iris Turmelle, originally filed the lawsuit last year To challenge the law. However, earlier this month, a federal judge granted a request to add the Trump administration to the list of defendants due to the president’s recent executive order.
The situation involving the two transgender athletes has also caused a second demand after parents used bracelets that said “XX” in reference to biological chromosomes and were supposedly banned in school lands.
Trump signed the executive order of “No Men in Female Sports” on February 5, which prohibited any federal financing for educational institutions that allow biological men to compete in women’s sports teams or girls.
President Donald Trump signs the executive order of “No Men in Women’s Sports” in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 5, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
New Hampshire was already one of the 25 states with an established law to enforce similar prohibitions in transgender inclusion, but Tirrell and Turmelle have been allowed to compete in teams of girls anyway due to a ruling by a federal judge in their state.
Representatives of California, Minnesota, Massachusetts and Maine have said they would continue to follow state law and ignore Trump’s order, which has resulted in Title IX investigations.
