The request would have permitted biological men in women’s bathrooms, locker rooms and dorms in 10 states where there are state-level and local-level rules in place to prevent it.
More than two dozen Republican attorneys general sued over the rule and argued it would conflict with some of their state laws that block transgender students from participating in women’s sports.
The petitioners argued that physical fitness tests demonstrate that there is a difference between men and women at every age.
“A growing number of women and girls have been facing the humiliating and damaging experience of being forced to compete against males who identify as transgender in the women’s sports category,” the athletes’ filing states.
“It is hard to express the pain, humiliation, frustration and shame women experience when they are forced to compete against males in sport. It is public shaming and suffering, an exclusion from women’s own category.”
“Not all Supreme Court justices know what a woman is, but today enough did, and that’s a win worth celebrating. This is a win for women, free speech, the rule of law and common sense. Onward,” Gaines said.