New Hampshire student-athletes drop lawsuit over state’s transgender sports ban

By: Ethan DeWitt

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: July 9, 2026

Words: 790

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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Two New Hampshire transgender students are dropping their lawsuit against a state law barring them from girls’ sports teams, a week after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a similar law in West Virginia.

Parker Tirrell and Iris Turmelle will no longer continue their effort to overturn House Bill 1205, according to a motion filed in the U.S. District Court of New Hampshire Wednesday.

Chris Erchull, a staff attorney at the GLBTQ Legal …

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