Minnesota urges federal judge to toss challenges to trans athlete policies

Minnesota and its high school athletics league asked a federal judge to dismiss lawsuits from Female Athletes United and the Justice Department challenging the state's decade-old transgender athlete inclusion policy. Both suits point to one dominant transgender pitcher, who allowed a single earned run across 35 innings, as their central evidence of unfairness.

Judge Eric Tostrud, a Trump appointee, has already denied a preliminary injunction, ruling private parties lack standing to sue under Title IX absent proof of discriminatory intent, and pressed both sides again Monday on whether courts can retroactively undo game outcomes. The Justice Department dismissed conflicting guidance from prior administrations as 'erroneous,' while Minnesota countered that Title IX's requirements have shifted so often between administrations that the state can't be faulted for failing to predict them.

The dispute traces back to a Trump administration investigation launched under executive order, which threatened Minnesota's federal funding before escalating into its own Title IX lawsuit in March. Minnesota maintains the 2016 policy reflected the inclusive federal guidance in place at the time, while the government leans on the Supreme Court's B.P.J. decision, which left states without bans free to keep their own rules.

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