Legal Action
Tirrell v. Edelblut
Filed in: U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire
Summary
Parker Tirrell and Iris Turmelle, two teenage transgender girls, were denied the right to participate in girls’ sports at their public high schools in New Hampshire as a result of HB 1205, a state law banning transgender girls from participating in school sports. In August 2024, Tirell and Turmelle sued their state and local school boards, challenging the state law. On February 12, 2025, Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint and expanded their suit to challenge the Trump-Vance administration’s two executive orders banning transgender women and girls from participating in sports.
Plaintiffs
- Parker Tirrell
- Iris Turmelle
Plaintiffs' Counsel
- Goodwin Procter LLP
- GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders
- ACLU of New Hampshire
Defendants
- Commissioner Frank Edelblut
- Member Andrew Cline
- Member Kate Cassady
- Member Ann Lane
- Member Philip Nazzaro
- Member Rajesh Nair
- Member James Fricchione
- Member James Laboe
- Pemi-Baker Regional School District
- Pembroke School District
- President Donald J. Trump
- U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi
- Acting Secretary Denise L. Carter
- U.S. Department of Education
- U.S. Department of Justice