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Transgender girls in Utah can compete again after judge grants injunction blocking state’s sports ban

Judge Keith Kelly wrote in his ruling that the ban is “plainly unfavorable treatment” and granted a preliminary injunction.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) West High School students chant “trans youth are valid!” as they wave a transgender flag during a staged walkout on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 to protest HB11, which bans transgender girls from participating in female school sports. A judge granted a preliminary injunction, stopping the ban from being enforced, on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022.