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The ruling comes the same day another federal judge handed a victory to trans youth in Arkansas when he temporarily blocked the state from enforcing a ban on gender-affirming treatment for minors in the state. LGBTQ advocates swiftly cheered the West Virginia ruling, stressing that it could pave the way for similar decisions in cases concerning other anti-trans laws. So far this year, Alabama, Florida, South Dakota, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee and Montana have enacted similar sports bans. “It is our hope that courts recognize and address discrimination when they see it, and nowhere is it more visible than in these stark attacks against trans youth,” said Avatara Smith-Carrington, an attorney with Lambda Legal, in a statement.

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