Iris Turmelle
Iris Turmelle is a 15-year-old transgender girl from New Hampshire who is part of a legal challenge against a state law prohibiting transgender girls from competing in female sports teams. She aims to pursue tennis in the spring and, along with her family, seeks to ensure that transgender youth have equal opportunities in school sports and are not discriminated against based on their gender identity.
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Turmelle, who attends Pembroke Academy, is interested in joining that school’s girls tennis and track teams.
Trans teens discuss suing Trump over protection laws for girls sports
United States· 2025-03-29
The teenage plaintiff, Iris Turmelle, originally filed the lawsuit last year to challenge the law.
New Hampshire follows Trump's transgender sports order despite lawsuitUnited States· 2025-02-22
Iris Turmelle, a transgender girl, is involved in a lawsuit to challenge the executive order that bans transgender girls from competing in girls' sports.
Two transgender girls sue to challenge Trump’s executive order banning them from girls’ school sportsUnited States· 2025-02-13
Iris Turmelle is another transgender girl involved in the legal challenge against the sports ban.
Two transgender girls in New Hampshire challenge Trump’s ban on them playing female sports
Canada· 2025-02-12