The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear a case that could affect laws in 27 states that bar transgender athletes from joining girls’ and women’s sports teams.

WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic on Jan. 13 to state bans on transgender girls competing on female sports teams, one of the nation’s most high-profile and divisive cultural and poli...

Some conservative justices questioned whether allowing trans athletes to participate would be unfair to cisgender athletes and if the bans qualify as discrimination on the basis of their gender identi...