FRANKFORT, Ky. — A federal district court has ruled the federal government cannot force Kentucky and 18 other states to allow transgender girls to compete on girls’ teams.

What You Need To Know

  • District Court ruling prevents states from being forced to add transgender girls to girl's teams

  • A coalition of 19 attorneys general joined a Tennessee-led lawsuit

  • The attorneys general claim the interpretation of Title IX and Title VII were flawed

The attorneys general from 19 states claim the federal government tried to interpret portions of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to force schools to allow biological males to compete on girls’ sports teams and to prohibit sex-separated showers and locker rooms.

The attorneys general argue the interpretation “is based on a flawed understanding of the Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County.”

Attorney General Daniel Cameron and a coalition of attorneys general joined a Tennessee lawsuit against the federal government’s guidance. The other states in the lawsuit are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and West Virginia.

In a statement with the notice about the district court’s ruling Cameron said, “As young women across the Commonwealth work hard to compete in sports they love, we must work to preserve the integrity of women’s sports and ensure an even playing field for girls and young women.” He added, “The federal government’s flawed guidance in this area jeopardizes decades of progress in women’s sports, and I’m grateful that our lawsuit stopped the new guidance from moving forward.”

You can read the full ruling To read the district court’s ruling, click here.

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