President Donald Trump signed an executive decree on Wednesday with the intention of prohibiting transgender athletes from participating in female and girls sports.
The order is the last A wave of decrees that Trump has signed since his entry into office on January 20. By the Associated PressThe order of Wednesday targets the entities which receive federal funding and will allow federal agencies, including the services of justice and education, to apply the interpretation by the Trump administration of title IX – which classifies “sex” like the gender attributed to birth.
Under the Obama administration, LGBTQ students received protections under title IX, which prohibits discrimination in sex -based schools. The protections were partly intended to protect transgender students in states with republican leadership which adopted laws prohibiting transgender athletes from competition and transgender students to use bathrooms that align themselves with their gender identity .
Asset Canceled the protections of title IX of the Obama era In his first mandate, which The Ministry of Education has restored Under President Joe Biden. Trump signed Several executive orders targeting transgender people Since its entry into office on January 20.
By AP, the new executive decree allows the Ministry of Education to penalize schools that allow transgender athletes to compete and put those who risk losing federal funding. The order of Wednesday was issued on national girls and women during the sports day.
NCAA swears to conform
The president of the NCAA, Charlie Baker, published a statement on Wednesday that the organization will comply with the Trump decree.
“The Council of Governors of the NCAA examines the decree and will take the necessary measures to align the NCAA policy in the coming days, subject to new administration directives,” the statement said. “The association will continue to promote the environment welcoming on campuses for all student-athletes.”
Baker previously told the Republican Senators in December following the 2024 elections that the NCAA intended to comply with federal law.
Doctors and transgender persons have filed proceedings contesting Interrupted funding for affirming care And prepare the ground for a transgender ban in the military. By AP, lawyers for civil rights managing these cases argued that Trump’s orders go beyond the president’s authority and that they violate constitutional protections and the laws adopted by the American Congress.
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