On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at banning the participation of transgender athletes in women’s and girls’ sports.
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The order, titled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports," grants broad freedom to federal agencies, including the Departments of Justice and Education, to ensure that entities receiving federal funding comply with Title IX in line with the Trump administration's vision, which interprets "sex" as the gender assigned at birth.
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"With this executive order, the war on women's sports has ended," Trump said at a signing ceremony.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the order "keeps the promise of Title IX" and will require "immediate actions, including enforcement actions, against schools and athletic associations" that deny single-sex sports and locker rooms to women.
The issuance of the order coincided with the National Day of Girls and Women in Sports, and is the most recent of a series of Trump's executive actions aimed at transgender individuals.
During the campaign, Trump discovered that his promise to "keep men out of women's sports" resonated beyond the usual party lines. More than half of the voters surveyed by AP VoteCast said that support for transgender rights in government and society had gone too far.
He leaned into rhetoric before the elections, promising to eliminate "transgender madness," although his campaign offered little in terms of details.
The order provides some clarity. For example, it authorizes the Department of Education to penalize schools that allow transgender athletes to compete, citing non-compliance with Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in schools. Any school found in violation could potentially be ineligible to receive federal funds.
The order also requires private sports organizations to gather at the White House so that the president can personally hear "the stories of female athletes who have suffered lifelong injuries, who have been silenced and forced to shower with men and compete with men on sports fields across the country."
This move is the most recent by the Trump administration to limit the rights of the transgender population.
Previous actions have aimed to persuade the federal government to reject the idea that people can transition to a gender different from the one assigned at birth. This has implications for areas that include passports and prisons.
He has also opened the door to banning transgender service members in the military; called for an end to federal health insurance and other funds for gender affirmative care for transgender individuals under 19 years old, and restrict the way gender lessons can be taught in schools.
Transgender individuals have filed legal challenges against several policies and are likely to challenge more of them in court.
Civil rights lawyers handling the cases argue that in some instances, Trump's orders violate laws passed by Congress and protections in the Constitution, and exceed the president's authority.
The order was signed one day after three former teammates of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas filed a lawsuit accusing the NCAA, the Ivy League, Harvard, and her own school, Penn, of conspiring to allow Thomas to compete in conference and national championships.
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This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.