President Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Men In Women's Sports
"Women in sports celebrate this Trump Executive order to free them from the stalking abuse of men who have invaded a previously protected right to equally pursue sports on an equal but separate basis with men. This was a travesty where men could freely pervert the right of women under title 9 of federal education amendments enacted by Congress in 1972. Trump's executive order corrects that travesty, " says Eugene Delgaudio, president of Public Advocate.
President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order to ban transgender girls and women from competing on sports teams that match their gender identity, marking his latest move targeting transgender rights.
"The war on women's sports is over," Mr. Trump declared at a White House event celebrating the mandate.
The order, titled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports," mandates that Title IX, the federal law banning sex discrimination in schools, be interpreted as prohibiting the participation of transgender girls and women in female sports. Those not in compliance jeopardize any federal funding they receive, Mr. Trump said.
"We're putting every school receiving taxpayer dollars on notice," he said.
A White House official who briefed reporters on the order before Mr. Trump signed it said transgender female athletes can compete on co-ed or male teams. Republicans have argued that transgender girls and women athletes have biological advantages that are unfair and unsafe for other girls and women.
The order will establish sweeping mandates on sex and sports policy and will direct federal agencies, including the Department of Justice, to interpret federal Title IX rules as prohibiting the participation of transgender girls and women in female sports categories, according to a White House document on the executive order obtained by ABC News.
Titled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports," the order will mandate immediate enforcement, including against schools and athletic associations that "deny women single-sex sports and single-sex locker rooms," according to the document, and will direct state attorneys general to identify best practices for enforcing the mandate.
Surrounded by female athletes at the signing ceremony, Trump railed against what he called "transgender lunacy."
"Under the Trump administration, we will defend the proud tradition of female athletes, and we will not allow men to beat up, injure and cheat our women and our girls," Trump said.
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