Administration Policy:

Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports

President Trump issued an executive order (EO) titled Keeping Men out of Women’s Sports
which would rescind funds from educational programs that allow men to participate in women’s
sports or that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities.

This EO requires the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy to convene representatives
from major athletic organizations and governing bodies to promote fair and safe policies for
female athletes, as well as State Attorney Generals to identify best practices for equal athletic
opportunities for women and girls.

This EO also requires the Secretary of State to promote international rules and norms which
protect female sports, and to use all measure available to ensure the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) promotes fairness and safety of female athletes. Specifically, it states that
eligibility for participation in women’s sports should be “according to sex and not gender
identity or testosterone reduction.”

Background:

•  In 2024, the Biden administration issued a Title IX rule which redefined sex to include
“gender identity,” allowing biological males to participate in female athletics. Allowing
boys and men to participate in girls’ and women’s sports is dangerous and unfair for
those who will lose out on opportunities.

o  According to a study by World Rugby, when a female player is tackled by

someone who has gone through male puberty there is a 20-30% greater risk of
injury.

o  In North Carolina, a female volleyball player suffered from a serious head injury

after a ball was spiked on her head by a transgender player.

o  The House passed H.J.Res. 165 condemning the Biden rule in 2024.

•  In 2024, more than a dozen athletes filed a lawsuit against the NCAA for violating Title
IX, the primary focus of the lawsuit was the NCAA allowing a transgender swimmer to
participate in the national championships in 2022.

•  In response to this EO, the NCAA announced a new policy restricting the women’s

category to student-athletes assigned female at birth.

