U.S DOJ challenges state bans affecting transgender athletes and children as violations of federal law

The DOJ has said two bans in West Virginia and Arkansas affecting transgender people violate federal law

The U.S Department of Justice (DOJ) has challenged two bans affecting transgender people in West Virginia and Arkansas, saying they violate federal law.

On Thursday, the DOJ filed statements of interest in lawsuits seeking to overturn the two laws: One in West Virginia blocking transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports and another in Arkansas that blocks transgender children from undergoing gender-confirming treatments or surgery, www.independent.co.uk reports.