The court is diving into the hot button issue of transgender athletes joining female sports teams. More than half the states have bans.

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to decide whether states may ban transgender students from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity, revisiting the issue of LGBTQ rights in a blockbuster case just days after upholding a ban on some health care for trans youth.

University of Pennsylvania changed three school records belonging to transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I title, after the Department of Education found the school had violated the rights of female athletes. AP/John Bazemore