Two transgender girls can try out for and play on girls school sports teams while the teens challenge a New Hampshire ban, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

The families of Parker Tirrell, 15, and Iris Turmelle, 14, sued in August seeking to overturn the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act that Republican Gov. Chris Sununu signed into law in July. While Turmelle doesn’t plan to play sports until December, Tirrell successfully sought an emergency order allowing her to start soccer practice last month. That order was expiring Tuesday.

In issuing a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Landya McCafferty found Tirrell and Turmelle were likely to succeed in their lawsuit. She found that the students “demonstrated a likelihood of irreparable harm” in the absence of a preliminary order.

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      There is usually, the “men’s” competition is actually usually an “open” competition.

      Then there is a separate women’s only “league” or whatever the actual word is, I don’t sportsball that much.

      I did find out there is a game called goalball, and that feels like cheating

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      How many trans kids in an age bracket in a single sport across the whole country do you think there are? For any team sport, it would be difficult to field a single team, let alone another team, for them to play against.

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      The media blows this out of proportion for you to even consider this an option. If you think that’s an idea that makes sense then re-evaluate where you got that talking point.

      There are laws banning trans people in states that affect like 5 people (I want to say there was a state law that literally affected one trans girl in the entire state.)

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        The state was Utah, the governor quoted the following in his veto statement:

        Here are the numbers that have most impacted my decision: 75,000, 4, 1, 86 and 56.

        • 75,000 high school kids participating in high school sports in Utah.
        • 4 transgender kids playing high school sports in Utah.
        • 1 transgender student playing girls sports.
        • 86% of trans youth reporting suicidality.
        • 56% of trans youth having attempted suicide.

        The veto was overridden.