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LGBTQ+ rights advocates rally outside the US Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in challenges to state bans on transgender athletes in women's sports on January 13, 2026, in Washington, DC. The US Supreme Court on January 13 wades into the hot-button issue of transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports. The conservative-dominated court is to hear challenges to state laws in Idaho and West Virginia banning transgender athletes from female competition. More than two dozen US states have passed laws in recent years barring athletes who were assigned as male at birth from taking part in girls' or women's sports. (Photo by Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)