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Girls soccer team boycotts game vs. transgender player that Obama-era judge let play, as Trump promises ban

So Bishop Brady's players refused to show up to the game, according to multiple reports. 

Kearsage's player, Maelle Jacques, is nearly 6-foot-0 in height, according to multiple reports. Jacques was allowed to play for Kearsage Regional despite a state law in New Hampshire that restricts transgender inclusion in girls' sports. However, a federal judge's ruling in September put Maelle right back onto the field and into the locker room with the other girls' athletes.

A federal court granted a preliminary injunction on Sept. 10, which meant that the two athletes would be allowed to play until a final ruling is made. A final ruling has not been made, so they have continued to play despite the state law. 

The judge who made the ruling, Landya McCafferty, is a liberal who was appointed to her seat by former president Obama in 2013. 

The other athlete involved in the case, Parker Tirrell, was allowed to play for Plymoth Regional High School. A group of New Hampshire families filed a lawsuit against Bow SD officials after allegedly being forced to remove armbands to protest Tirrell's participation on the team.  

Meanwhile, the Kearsarge Regional school board even voted 6-1 to allow Jacques and other trans girls to play on sports teams on August 29, according to The Boston Globe. 

The federal ruling that has allowed Maelle and Tirrell to play is one of many legislative chess moves between Republicans and Democrats in opposing efforts addressing transgender inclusion in women's sports that have taken place during the Biden-Harris administration. 

Former president Trump and even his wife, Melania, who has admitted to disagreeing with Republicans on issues of LGBT rights, each announced that they are opposed to letting biological males compete in girls' and women's sports. Trump has gone so far to advocate for a full-on ban, in a town hall event on Fox News this past week. 

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump taps the microphone as the audio goes out during a campaign event, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, in Detroit.  (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Meanwhile, Democrats like McCafferty, anchored by the Biden-Harris administration, have gone to great lengths to help enable transgender inclusion in women's sports. 

Multiple states filed lawsuits and enacted their own laws to address this issue after the Biden-Harris administration issued a sweeping rule that clarified that Title IX’s ban on "sex" discrimination in schools covers discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation and "pregnancy or related conditions," in April. 

Idaho governor Brad Little even issued an executive order later that month to enforce the "Defending Women's Sports Act," which would require schools and colleges to prevent transgender athletes in women's sports. 

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Little did not rule out the fear of the order resulting in his public schools losing federal funding if Kamla Harris becomes the 47th president. 

Lee University student athlete Macy Petty speaks during an event celebrating the House of Representatives passing the Protection of Women and Girls In Sports Act outside the U.S. Capitol on April 20, 2023, in Washington, D.C. President Joe Biden has promised to veto the legislation, which defines sex as "based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth" and would ban all transgender women and girls from competing in female school sports.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

"We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it," Little said. "From a national standpoint, there are radical little groups that want to implement changes in the rules that we have already. I’m confident in what we have, and we will aggressively (act), as the state of Idaho, both legally and legislatively, to protect women’s athletes and the great advances they’ve made because of Title IX."

In Nevada, a state law that was passed in 2022 to protect gender identity has caused a rift between the school's women's volleyball players and the administration. With a game coming up against San Jose State, which has a transgender player on its roster and has resulted in a lawsuit by one of its other players, Nevada's players have said they want to forfeit. 

Nevada provided a statement to Fox News Digital, saying it cannot officially forfeit because of the law that Nevada passed in 2022. 

A total of 23 states in the U.S. have laws to prevent transgender inclusion in women's sports. But the rest have been at the mercy of the federal government, and it is now obvious that even states with those laws might not be safe either. 

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