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Transgender Ban Executive Order ākeeping Men Out Of Womenās Sportsā Is About To Be Signed By Trump
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday banning men from womenās sports.
One of Trumpās most well-liked rallying points throughout the 2024 presidential campaign was the pledge.
Trump frequently criticized Democratic contender Kamala Harris for her commitment to trans rights, and Republicans were effective in using the issue to win over voters.
Concerns about womenās loss of possibilities due to biological men participating in their sports were voiced by a large number of college students and their parents.
Additionally, according to a United Nations report from the previous year, biological males have won around 900 medals in womenās sports.
According to the research, āmore than 600 female athletes in more than 400 competitions have lost more than 890 medals in 29 different sportsāĀ as of March 30, 2024.
āThe replacement of the female sports category with a mixed-sex category has resulted in an increasing number of female athletes losing opportunities, including medals, when competing against males,āĀ Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem wrote.
Expanding Title IX, a 1972 legislation that forbids discrimination based on sex in education, to also prohibit discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation was one of the ways the Biden administration aimed to increase safeguards for LGBTQ+ students.
The expansion, according to Republicans, was a pretext to permit transgender student-athletes to compete on femalesā teams. The White House maintained that sports were exempt from the new Title IX law.
However, the Biden amendment was overturned by a federal judge last month after being challenged in court by a number of states.
When Trump started using the issue to attack Harris, who lost the 2024 presidential election, Biden put off his plans to create a new rule expressly pertaining to transgender sports.
President Trump has issued numerous executive orders pertaining to gender identity since assuming office.
He signed an executive order on his first day of office declaring that only the male and female sexes will be recognized by the federal government.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio banned passport applications that use a gender-neutral marker, likeĀ āX,āĀ as part of that directive.
In order to let nonbinary, intersex, or gender nonconforming individuals to utilize an X designation instead of male or female, Biden modified the passport application process.
Additionally, Trump has directed the elimination of any programs that advanceĀ āgender ideologyāĀ and terminated federal diversity, gender, and equality projects.
Additionally, he mandated that federal workers take their pronouns out of their email signatures.
Additionally, the president issued an executive order that limited gender care for those under the age of 19.
He urged the secretary of Health and Human Services toĀ ātake all appropriate actions to end the chemical and surgical mutilation of childrenāĀ and said that federal funding for such care would cease.
According to the ruling, it was referring to surgical procedures, drugs like estrogen or testosterone, and puberty blockers.
It is anticipated that many of Trumpās directives would face legal challenges.
The future of womenās athletics has been the subject of increasing controversy and discussion in recent years, particularly when swimmer Lia Thomas became the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division 1 championship in 2022.
The 39th annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day occurs on Wednesday.