BREAKING: Donald Trump Set To Sign Executive Order Banning Transgenders From Participating In Women’s Sports

On February 5, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” which prohibits transgender girls and women from participating in female sports teams at K-12 schools, colleges, and international competitions, including the Olympics.

The order mandates immediate enforcement, threatening to withdraw federal funding from educational institutions that allow transgender women to compete in women’s sports.

It also directs the Department of Education to protect sports and locker rooms, and instructs the Department of Homeland Security to deny visas to individuals attempting to enter the U.S. under a gender identity different from their sex assigned at birth

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United States President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order on Wednesday that will prevent individuals who were male at birth from participating in women’s/girls’ sporting events.

On his first day in office in January, Trump issued a sweeping order calling for the federal government to recognize two genders—male and female—and for the same to be reflected on official documents such as passports.

“This executive order restores fairness, upholds Title IX’s original intent, and defends the rights of female athletes who have worked their whole lives to compete at the highest levels,” U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace said.

Donald Trump is Keeping His Promise

The returning president’s pledge to “keep men out of women’s sports” gained him plenty of support during the recent elections. More than 50 percent of the voters surveyed by AP VoteCast were of the view that transgender rights had gone too far, both in government and society in general.

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Every administration has the authority to issue its own interpretations of Title IX. During Trump’s first term, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos issued a policy that clearly defined sexual harassment and ordered colleges to investigate claims only if they weren’t through particular channels.

The Biden Administration repealed the order last April, replacing it with one of its own, which mandated that LGBTQ+ student rights be protected by federal law while providing additional protection for victims of assault on campus.

The policy did not specifically address transgenders but was immediately challenged in court by several Republican-led states.

How Wednesday’s change affects the transgender population remains to be seen, given how hard it is to determine the number of them across the country.