Demonstrators supporting restrictions on transgender athletes gather outside US Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in challenges to state bans on transgender girls and women in sports, in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2026. 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)

(L/R) US Senator Steve Daines, Republican from Montana, speaks with US Representative Kat Cammack, Republican from Florida, speak with each other outside the US Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in challenges to state bans on transgender girls and women in sports, in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2026. 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)

LGBTQ+ rights advocates rally outside the US Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in challenges to state bans on transgender girls and women in sports, in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2026. 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)

(L/R) US Senator Steve Daines, Republican from Montana, and US Representative Kat Cammack, Republican from Florida, gather outside the US Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in challenges to state bans on transgender girls and women in sports, in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2026. 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)

LGBTQ+ rights advocates rally outside the US Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in challenges to state bans on transgender girls and women in sports, in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2026. 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)

US conservative political activist Riley Gaines speaks outside the US Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in challenges to state bans on transgender girls and women in sports, in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2026. 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)

LGBTQ+ rights advocates rally outside the US Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in challenges to state bans on transgender girls and women in sports, in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2026. 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)

Stephanie Turner, a US fencer who refused to compete against a transgender athlete in high school, speaks outside the US Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in challenges to state bans on transgender girls and women in sports, in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2026. 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)