Supreme Court agrees to take up exploding fight over boys in girls sports
At least partly because of the exhaustive promotions of transgenderism during Joe Biden’s term in the White House, the fight over boys in girls sports and men in women’s showers right now is white hot.
Lawsuit abound, confrontations happen regularly and fullscale battles are erupting over tax money being used for the unscientific ideology, as being male or female is embedded in the human body at the DNA level, and does not change.
Activists claim that boys who say they are girls have every right to be in competitions set up for girls because they believe they are girls, in apparent defiance of federal laws that require fairness for girls and women with their own events and President Donald Trump’s order that the U.S. government recognizes two genders, male and female.
Some states, like Colorado, have gone so far into the agenda that officials discussed taking away the rights of parents who don’t support children who may be coached by leftist teachers and counselors into the ideologies.
Now the Supreme Court is stepping in.
It has agreed to hear arguments in two cases in which extremists are seeking to overturn state laws that protect girls and women in their sports.
“Women and girls have overcome decades of discrimination to achieve a more equal playing field in many arenas of American life – including sports,” explains a petition from the state of Idaho, which is in one of the cases.
“Yet in some competitions, female athletes have become bystanders in their own sports as male athletes who identify as female have taken the place of their female competitors – on the field and on the winners’ podium.”
In a stunning development that happened in just the past few days, the University of Pennsylvania signaled its own defeat in its transgender agenda.
BREAKING:
UPenn will formally apologize for allowing Lia Thomas to compete as a woman.
The tide is turning! pic.twitter.com/Dn9M2WkhKQ
— Laura Powell (@LauraPowellEsq) July 1, 2025
BREAKING: @Penn to APOLOGIZE for allowing male swimmer Lia Thomas to invade the women’s team.
The University will also be adopting definitions for male and female consistent with biological sex, strip all records/titles from Thomas and return them to female swimmers, and issue… pic.twitter.com/YhKfMJAsuA
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 1, 2025
@usedgov’s @EDSecMcMahon: UPenn will be sending personal apologies to every female athlete who was forced to compete against a male. pic.twitter.com/B7TJzuGPUX
— Independent Women’s Forum (@IWF) July 1, 2025
The school has confirmed it is issuing apologies to women it forced to compete alongside a male swimmer, William “Lia” Thomas, and change with him in locker and shower rooms.
It further is removing the “wins” Thomas recorded in competition, and moving those who female swimmers who were in second place as a result.
The government also announced Tuesday that Penn is adopting strict definitions for male and female competitors under White House guidelines.
It happened after the Trump administration suspended $175 million in federal funding to the school, giving university officials an incentive to reach a resolution.
The Supreme Court will hear cases from West Virginia and Idaho.
Supreme Court is taking up a case on laws banning transgender athletes from women’s sports
Should Ketanji recuse herself, since she can’t define what a woman is? pic.twitter.com/pVrjYDt9GF
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) July 3, 2025
West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey asked the court to hear a case after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled against the state regarding its law protecting fairness in women’s sports. And Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador is asking the high court to uphold his state’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit stopped the law from going into effect.
“McCluskey said, “It’s a great day, as female athletes in West Virginia will have their voices heard. The people of West Virginia know that it’s unfair to let male athletes compete against women; that’s why we passed this commonsense law preserving women’s sports for women. We are confident the Supreme Court will uphold the Save Women’s Sports Act because it complies with the U.S. Constitution and complies with Title IX. And most importantly: It protects women and girls by ensuring the playing field is safe and fair.”
Labrador said, “Idaho’s women and girls deserve an equal playing field. I am thrilled the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear our case. For too long, activists have worked to sideline women and girls in their own sports. Men and women are biologically different, and we hope the court will allow states to end this injustice and ensure men no longer create a dangerous, unfair environment for women to showcase their incredible talent and pursue the equal opportunities they deserve.”
Kristen Waggoner, of the ADF, which is working with the states, said, “Women and girls deserve to compete on a level playing field. But activists continue their quest to erase differences between men and women by forcing schools to allow men to compete in women’s sports
“This contradicts biological reality and common sense. We should be seeking to protect women’s sports and equal opportunities, and West Virginia’s and Idaho’s women’s sports laws accomplish just that.”
The laws simply say males are not allowed in sports for females.
Just weeks ago, the Supreme Court ruled that Tennessee was allowed to ban minors from receiving “treatments,” for transgenderism, including chemicals and body-mutilating surgeries.
In Idaho, two men sued to be allowed into women’s sports. In West Virginia, a parent sued on behalf of a male child being allowed in girls sports.
An eventual ruling will have vast impact on dozens of states where transgender activists have demanded to have their way with the state laws regarding access to sports.