President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order than bans men from women’s sports, stating at the signing ceremony that “from now on women’s sports will only be for women.”
The “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” order is aimed at upholding federal Title IX rules—designed to create a level playing field for women’s athletics programs. Trump said men claiming to be women have “stolen 3,000 victories” from women as part of the “radical left’s” war against common sense and traditional gender.
The president said the order will protect women from being bullied, injured and treated unfairly, and “there will be no federal funding” for schools and universities that do not follow the order.
“With this executive order the war on women’s sports is over,” Trump said.
The order, signed on National Girls and Women in Sports Day, directs the U.S. Department of Education to use Title IX to enforce the ban on biological males who identify as female playing in women’s sports in both K-12 and higher education. It would mean schools that violate the order would be in violation of federal discrimination laws and could lose federal funding.
The Epoch Times reported the Trump administration is “working with sporting bodies, including a host of associations and organizations, to collectively identify ways to protect women,” adding:
Officials are asking the National Collegiate Athletics Association to review its policies. More than 7,000 female collegiate athletes have come forward demanding that male athletes be removed from their competitions, the order notes.
A group of state attorneys general will convene at the White House soon to discuss how state laws on the issue can be enforced, the official said. … Nearly 900 medals in women’s sports were awarded to male competitors in recent years, the White House said, noting that this has cost girls scholarship opportunities and other important mental and emotional milestones.
The order follows one Trump signed on Day One of his presidency declaring there are only two genders: male and female.
In contrast, “President Joe Biden signed an executive order on his first day in office to allow men to compete in women’s programs. He equated gender identity with biological sex, citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2020 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, which held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination because of sexuality or gender identity,” the Epoch Times reported.
A report in The Hill pointed out that most Americans support the notion behind Trump’s order.
“Most Americans believe transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete on sports teams that match their gender identity, a 2023 Gallup poll found. According to AP VoteCast, a survey of 120,000 voters nationwide, more than half of voters in the 2024 elections — including a majority of Trump voters — said support for trans rights in government and society has gone too far,” The Hill reported.
Nicole Neily, president of Parents Defending Education, praised the development Wednesday.
“Today’s Executive Order by President Trump banning biological boys and men from girls’ and women’s sports on National Girls and Women in Sports Day is welcome news for female athletes and parents of girls in competitive sports,” Neily said in a news release.
“We want our daughters to have the ability to compete in athletics competitions on a level playing field without biological boys and men invading their private spaces like locker rooms and taking away their opportunities for medals and scholarships. This is a commonsense order that the vast majority of Americans of all political stripes agree with and restores sanity to competitive sport at all levels.”
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