Executive Order 14201
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| "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" | |
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| Type | Executive order |
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| Number | 14201  |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Signed | February 5, 2025 |
| Federal Register details | |
| Federal Register document number | 2025-02513 |
| Publication date | February 11, 2025 |
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| Transgender topics |
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Executive Order 14201, titled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports", is an executive order signed by U.S. president Donald Trump in an attempt to ban transgender athletes of all ages from competing on girls and women's sports teams.[1][2] The executive order threatens to revoke federal funding from any elementary, secondary, and post-secondary institution that allows transgender girls to play on girls' teams, claiming they are in violation of Title IX.[1]
The order does not bar transgender men athletes from playing on male sports teams.[3]
Reactions
[edit]The NCAA president Charlie Baker stated that the NCAA would comply with the executive order, and praised it for providing "a clear, national standard" on the issue compared to the existing conflicting state laws and court decisions previously.[4][5] On February 6, 2025, the NCAA changed its policy to limit college competitions in women's sports to athletes who were assigned female at birth, effective immediately.[6]
The California Interscholastic Federation which sanctions high school sports in California stated that it would continue to follow state law and allow trans athletes to play high school sports despite the executive order.[7]
Related polls
[edit]In January 2025, a New York Times and Ipsos survey found that 79% of Americans support restricting transgender athletes from competing in women's sports.[8][9] The survey asked "transgender female athletes — meaning athletes who were male at birth but who currently identify as female – do you think they should or should not be allowed to compete in women's sports?", and 79% said transgender female athletes should not be allowed to participate in women’s sports.[9]
Previously, a similar poll conducted in 2023 by Gallup found that nearly 69% of U.S. adults say transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete on sports teams that correspond with the sexes they were assigned at birth.[10]
Related legislation by U.S. Congress
[edit]In January 2025, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act" of 2025 that restricts transgender students from playing on women's sports teams.[11] The measure amends Title IX, the federal education law that bars sex-based discrimination, to define sex as based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.[12] The Republican lawmakers argued the bill will protect equal opportunity in athletics for women, mentioning that cisgender women could have physical disadvantages against transgender athletes.[12] Democratic lawmakers, led by Suzanne Bonamici, argued the bill puts young girls who want to play sports at risk of harassment and abuse by allowing adults to ask for gender checks and even perform genital investigations.[13] They pointed to an example of a high school girl in Utah being investigated because "she didn't look feminine enough", and warn about the harassment and bullying that will result from this.[14]
The legislation now awaits review in the Republican-controlled Senate.[11]
Outcomes
[edit]Following the executive order, the Department of Education urged high school and college athletics organizations NCAA and NFHS to reverse female transgender athletes' records and restore cisgender athletes' ones. Candice Jackson explained that it is to "restore athletic records to women who have for years been devalued, ignored and forced to watch men steal their accolades."[3][15]
See also
[edit]- 2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States
- Executive Order 14168 ("Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government")
- Fairness in Women's Sports Act
- List of executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump
- Transgender disenfranchisement in the United States
- Transgender people in sports
- Transgender rights in the United States
- Transphobia in the United States
References
[edit]- ^ a b Yilek, Caitlin (February 5, 2025). "Trump signs executive order that will ban transgender athletes from women's sports". CBS News. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
- ^ Dunbar, Marina (February 5, 2025). "Trump signs executive order banning trans athletes from women's sports". The Guardian. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
- ^ a b Yurcaba, Jo (February 11, 2025). "Education Dept. urges NCAA to reverse transgender athletes' records, titles and awards". NBC News. Archived from the original on February 11, 2025. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
- ^ Owens, Jason (February 6, 2025). "NCAA vows to comply after Donald Trump signs executive order seeking to ban transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
- ^ "Trump order on transgender athletes sparks responses from IHSA, NCAA". NBC Chicago. February 5, 2025. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
- ^ Dunbar, Marina (February 6, 2025). "NCAA bars transgender athletes from competing in women's college sports". The Guardian. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
- ^ Ingemi, Marisa (February 5, 2025). "How SJSU, California sports are responding to Trump trans athlete ban". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
- ^ Kamisar, Ben (January 29, 2025). "What the polls say about the start of Trump's second term". NBC News. Archived from the original on February 10, 2025. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
- ^ a b "A survey of the American general population (ages 18+)" (PDF). The New York Times. January 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2025-02-09. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ^ Lavietes, Matt (June 12, 2023). "Most Americans oppose including trans athletes in sports, poll finds". NBC News. Archived from the original on February 7, 2025. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
- ^ a b Karni, Annie (January 14, 2025). "House Passes Bill to Bar Trans Athletes From Female School Sports Teams". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 10, 2025. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
- ^ a b Quilantan, Bianca (January 14, 2025). "House passes bill restricting transgender athletes from women's sports". Politico. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
- ^ "Congresswoman Bonamici Leads Opposition to Republican's "Child Predator Empower Act"". democrats-edworkforce.house.gov. United States House Committee on Education and Workforce Democrats. January 14, 2025. Archived from the original on February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
- ^ "CEC & DWC Slam Trump's Ban on Trans Kids Playing With Their Friends at School; Call Out Harm to All Women and Girls". equality.house.gov. Congressional Equality Caucus. February 5, 2025. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
- ^ Walsh, Sheri (February 11, 2025). "Education Department urges NCAA to erase records set by transgender athletes". UPI.com. United Press International. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
External links
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