Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports

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Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports
"Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports"
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Type Executive order
PresidentDonald Trump
SignedFebruary 5, 2025 (2025-02-05)

Executive Order 14201, titled Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports is an executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump in an attempt to ban transgender girls and women of all ages from competing on girls and women's sports teams. [1] [2] The executive order threatens to revoke federal funding from any elementary, secondary, and post-secondary institution that allows transgender girls to play on girls' teams, claiming they're in violation of Title IX. [3]

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The NCAA president Charlie Baker stated that the NCAA would comply with the executive order, and praised it for providing "a clear, national standard" on the issue compared to the existing conflicting state laws and court decisions previously. [4] [5] On February 6, 2025, the NCAA changed its policy to limit college competitions in women's sports to athletes who were assigned female at birth, effective immediately. [6]

The California Interscholastic Federation which sanctions high school sports in California stated that it would continue to follow state law and allow trans athletes to play high school sports despite the executive order. [7]

In January 2025, a New York Times and Ipsos survey found that 79% of Americans support restricting transgender athletes from competing in women's sports. [8] [9] The survey asked "transgender female athletes — meaning athletes who were male at birth but who currently identify as female – do you think they should or should not be allowed to compete in women's sports?", and 79% said transgender female athletes should not be allowed to participate in women’s sports. [9]

Previously, a similar poll conducted in 2023 by Gallup found that nearly 69% of U.S. adults say transgender athletes should be only be allowed to compete on sports teams that correspond with the sexes they were assigned at birth. [10]

In January 2025, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act" of 2025 that restricts transgender students from playing on women’s sports teams. [11] The measure amends Title IX, the federal education law that bars sex-based discrimination, to define sex as based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth. [12] The Republican lawmakers argued the bill will protect equal opportunity in athletics for women, mentioning that cisgender women could have physical disadvantages against transgender athletes. [12] Democratic lawmakers argued the bill puts young girls who want to play sports at risk of harassment and abuse by allowing adults to ask for gender checks and even perform genital investigations. [13] They pointed to examples of high school girls in Utah accused of being transgender and facing harassment and bullying as a result. [14]

The legislation now awaits review in the Republican-controlled Senate. [11]

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  1. ↑ Yilek, Caitlin (February 5, 2025). "Trump signs executive order that will ban transgender athletes from women's sports". CBS News . Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  2. ↑ Dunbar, Marina (February 5, 2025). "Trump signs executive order banning trans athletes from women's sports". The Guardian . Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports". The White House. 2025-02-05. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  4. ↑ Owens, Jason (February 6, 2025). "NCAA vows to comply after Donald Trump signs executive order seeking to ban transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Trump order on transgender athletes sparks responses from IHSA, NCAA". NBC Chicago. February 5, 2025. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  6. ↑ Dunbar, Marina (February 6, 2025). "NCAA bars transgender athletes from competing in women's college sports". The Guardian . Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  7. ↑ Ingemi, Marisa (February 5, 2025). "How SJSU, California sports are responding to Trump trans athlete ban". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  8. ↑ Kamisar, Ben (January 29, 2025). "What the polls say about the start of Trump's second term". NBC News . Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  9. 1 2 "A survey of the American general population (ages 18+)" (PDF). The New York Times. January 2025.
  10. ↑ Lavietes, Matt (June 12, 2023). "Most Americans oppose including trans athletes in sports, poll finds". NBC News. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  11. 1 2 Karni, Annie (January 14, 2025). "House Passes Bill to Bar Trans Athletes From Female School Sports Teams". The New York Times. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  12. 1 2 Quilantan, Bianca (January 14, 2025). "House passes bill restricting transgender athletes from women's sports". Politico. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Congresswoman Bonamici Leads Opposition to Republican's "Child Predator Empower Act" | Education & The Workforce Committee Democrats". democrats-edworkforce.house.gov. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  14. ↑ "CEC & DWC SLAM TRUMP'S BAN ON TRANS KIDS PLAYING WITH THEIR FRIENDS AT SCHOOL; CALL OUT HARM TO ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS | Congressional Equality Caucus". equality.house.gov. 2025-02-05. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
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