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Trans kids are so often denied autonomy over their bodies, over their lives, over their joy,
said Angelica Christina, board director of The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative, which supports LGBTQ nonprofits globally
If you let men take over women's sports teams or invade your locker rooms, you will be investigated for violations of Title IX and risk your federal funding,
Trump said
Therefore, it is the policy of the United States to rescind all funds from educational programmes that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, which results in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy. It shall also be the policy of the United States to oppose male competitive participation in women's sports more broadly, as a matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and truth."
It added
This is demeaning, unfair, and dangerous to women and girls, and denies women and girls the equal opportunity to participate and excel in competitive sports. Moreover, under Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 (Title IX), educational institutions receiving Federal funds cannot deny women an equal opportunity to participate in sports. As some Federal courts have recognised, ignoring fundamental biological truths between the two sexes deprives women and girls of meaningful access to educational facilities,
the statement readUnder the Trump Administration, we will defend the proud tradition of female athletes. From now on, women's sports will be ONLY FOR WOMEN!"
In a post on Truth Social, Trump posted
That means that transgender, non-binary and intersex students are still protected under Title IX no matter what the president is trying to do with this discriminatory executive order,
Mosier said
This administration's latest inaccurate and incoherent piece of paper smears an entire group of Americans but does not change the law or the facts. All women and girls, including transgender women and girls, should be welcome to play sports if they want, make decisions about their own bodies, be hired for jobs they are qualified for, and be free from lawless attacks by elected officials."
GLAAD, in a statementThe Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall review and adjust, as needed, policies permitting admission to the United States of males seeking to participate in women's sports, and shall issue guidance with an objective of preventing such entry to the extent permitted by law, including pursuant to section 212(a)(6)(C)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(C)(i)),
the order readsThe Secretary of State shall use all appropriate and available measures to see that the International Olympic Committee amends the standards governing Olympic sporting events to promote fairness, safety, and the best interests of female athletes by ensuring that eligibility for participation in women's sporting events is determined according to sex and not gender identity or testosterone reduction."
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Contrary to what the president wants you to believe, trans students do not pose threats to sports, schools or this country, and they deserve the same opportunities as their peers to learn, play and grow up in safe environments,
said Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women's Law Center
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 added to applause and cheers
The NCAA is an organization made up of 1,100 colleges and universities in all 50 states that collectively enroll more than 530,000 student-athletes,
the statement said
For so many students, sports are about finding somewhere to belong. We should want that for all kids – not partisan policies that make life harder for them,
Robinson said in a statement
Please Kier Starmer can you now do as you said you would & protect all female athletes here in the Uk in sport & stop males from stealing their places, awards & increasing their risk of injury?
Davies wrote to the British PM
Just to make sure, I'm directing our secretary of homeland security to block any fraudulent applications by men trying to enter the US as women athletes,
Trump addedTrump has correctly banned 'males' from a category they never ever belonged in.. women & girls,
she wroteWe are setting them apart, making them feel different, and opening the door to bullying,
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He does expect the Olympic committee and the NCAA to no longer allow men to compete in women’s sports,
Leavitt saidWe will have a very clear policy that will be unambiguous,
Coe saidShe's trying to break out of it,
Trump said to laughs