A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Arizona from enforcing a law banning transgenders from playing on girls’ school sports teams.
The judge in Tucson granted a preliminary injunction to allow the processing of a lawsuit (pdf) filed on behalf of two prepubescent transgenders against the state’s “Save Women’s Sports Act,” which was passed by the Legislature last year.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, a defendant in the case, said the decision will be appealed.
“The United States Supreme Court will ultimately decide this, and they will rule in our favor,” Mr. Horne said in a statement.
Arizona is one of several states that have passed laws to preserve the rule that student access to school sports teams or other facilities are based on their sex at birth rather than their chosen gender identity….
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