CONCORD, N.H. — Parker Tirrell and Iris Turmelle withdrew their federal lawsuit challenging New Hampshire's law banning transgender girls from school sports teams on July 10, 2026. The decision followed a U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding similar state laws and personal hardships experienced by the plaintiffs.

The withdrawal was based on the Supreme Court's June 2026 ruling, which upheld laws in Idaho and West Virginia barring transgender girls and women from playing on school and college athletic teams. The Court stated that these restrictions do not violate Title IX. The plaintiffs' lawyer indicated that personal hardships also contributed to the decision.

Tirrell and Turmelle were the first to challenge President Donald Trump's executive order titled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports." They had amended their 2024 complaint against the state law in 2025 to include a challenge to that executive order. Before the withdrawal, a federal judge had granted a court order allowing them to play as their case proceeded.

Both sides had agreed to pause the proceedings and await the Supreme Court ruling. Chris Erchull of GLAD Law, the lawyer for Tirrell and Turmelle, commented on the plaintiffs. "This case was always about two courageous young girls who simply wanted the same opportunities as their peers to participate in school life," Erchull said. "Their willingness to stand up to extraordinary hostility made clear the human cost of laws that target transgender youth."

Turmelle and her family relocated out of New Hampshire in the summer of 2025. Her mother, Amy Manzetti, referenced other laws in the state. "Other New Hampshire laws also seek to erase her," Manzetti said. She also mentioned concerns about a law Governor Kelly Ayotte signed in 2025, which prohibits medical professionals from providing puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy to new transgender patients under 18. "Though there may be a carve-out for people already receiving gender-affirming care, that is way too close a call for us to risk staying," Manzetti added.

Parker Tirrell, 17, began her junior year on the girls' junior varsity soccer team in the fall of 2025 but stopped playing a few weeks into the season. Sara Tirrell, Parker's mother, noted the increased presence of school administrators and police officers at games. "With all of the political stuff going on, soccer wasn't just about the game anymore," Sara Tirrell said. "Were there any local Facebook groups where they were sort of agitating about potential protests and how do we prepare, and what are we walking into, and we never kind of knew."