The ruling comes as initial phases of the new New Hampshire law began.
Parker Tirrell, a transgender teen, who's family along with another family, filed a lawsuit Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, challenging a New Hampshire state law that bans them from playing on girls' sports teams at their public high schools.When the girls’ soccer team at Plymouth Regional High School in New Hampshire began practice on Monday to prepare for the start of the official season on Aug. 30, transgender athlete Parker Tirrell was able to join her teammates.
The suit came after Tirrell’s school reached out to the teen’s mother last Thursday, informing her that she would not be allowed to participate in soccer practice. Initial phases of the law, signed last month by Republican Gov. Chris Sununu, were set to go into effect on Monday – the same day soccer practice was scheduled to start.
“Parker's on her way to soccer practice now,” Chris Erchull, Senior Staff Attorney at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders and attorney representing Tirrell and Turmelle, told ABC News following the ruling. “And she is authorized to play.” Monday's ruling only applies to Tirrell's case -- the lawyers filed an emergency order ahead of the first day of soccer practice, which coincided with the day the law was set to be enacted.
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