"Twenty-seven states ban transgender girls from competing with other girls in K-12 and college sports. Minnesota isn't one of them. The Trump administration has tried to use levers at its disposal - including threatening to withhold federal funding - to force states to ban transgender girls. Last March, HHS concluded that Maine violated Title IX by allowing transgender girls to compete in sports that aligned with their gender. The Department of Education made the same conclusion about California last year."
"The Trump administration on Monday targeted Minnesota schools, saying they have violated federal law by allowing transgender girls to play sports with their peers. Minnesota is not the first state to be targeted by the administration over trans girls in sports, but the move came as the administration confronts backlash to the increasingly unpopular wave of immigration enforcement action focused in the state."
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education notified the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota State High School League that they failed to comply with Title IX by allowing transgender girls to compete on girls' sports teams. The agencies cited male athletes competing on several girls' teams, including Alpine and Nordic skiing, lacrosse, track and field, volleyball, and fastpitch softball. Twenty-seven states ban transgender girls from K-12 and college girls' sports; Minnesota does not. The administration has threatened withholding federal funds to compel state bans and previously concluded Maine and California violated Title IX for similar policies. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized Minnesota and misgendered trans women in his statement.
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