Trans kids in Utah free to compete after judge grants injunction on ban

• Ban on trans kids playing school sports placed on hold for now
• Similar cases are underway in Idaho, West Virginia and Indiana

Transgender kids in Utah will be not be subjected to sports participation limits at the start of the upcoming school year after a judge delayed the implementation of a statewide ban passed earlier this year.

Judge Keith Kelly's decision Friday to put the law on hold until a legal challenges is resolved came after he recently rejected a request by Utah state attorneys to dismiss the case. Most Utah schools students head back to classes this month.