Federal judge rules transgender student can play on girl's tennis team in Virginia

The Hanover County School Board in Virginia can't block an 11-year-old transgender student from playing on a girls’ middle school tennis team, U.S. District Court Judge M. Hannah Lauck ruled last week. The student is currently engaged in a lawsuit against the school board for discrimination.

Lauck issued a preliminary injunction on the matter Friday, saying the plaintiff "established that the Board excluded her, on the basis of sex, from participating in an education program when it denied...