Trump Order Protecting Women’s Sports Will Reportedly Extend To Colleges

President Donald Trump’s Wednesday executive order aimed at keeping men out of women’s sports, first reported by The Daily Wire, will specifically target schools and colleges.

The executive order, titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” will reportedly ban males who identify as transgender from participating in girls and women’s sports at schools and colleges, a Wall Street Journal report outlines. The report notes that Trump could direct his Department of Education to enforce those standards based on Title IX rules, and if schools don’t comply, they could be investigated.

The Daily Wire is also able to confirm that collegiate swimmer-turned-advocate Riley Gaines will be in attendance at the signing, which is set to take place at 3 p.m. on Wednesday — the 39th annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day. Other activists who have confirmed attendance at the event include Terry Schilling, who runs the pro-family American Principles Project, and the Independent Women’s Forum, which has been a leader in the fight to protect women’s sports.

During the 2022 NCAA women’s championships, Gaines, swimming for the University of Kentucky, and other female swimmers were forced to compete against a male swimmer named Lia (formerly Will) Thomas. Gaines and Thomas tied for fifth place, but the trophy was given to only Thomas at the award ceremony. Gaines has since dedicated herself to advocating for female sports and athletes. 

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“Despite tying down to the hundredth with Thomas in the women’s freestyle, I was denied the trophy because the NCAA claimed it was necessary for Thomas to hold the trophy when photos were being taken,” Gaines said while testifying before Congress. “It was clear to me, my teammates, and my competitors that they had reduced everything we had worked our entire lives for down to a photo-op to validate the feelings and the identity of a male.”

“We also had to share a locker room and change in front of this six-foot-four, fully intact male,” she detailed. “We were not forewarned of this arrangement, we were not asked for our consent, and we did not give our consent to this exposure and to be exploited.” 

Trump has already signed an executive order stipulating that it’s the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders. The administration’s Department of Education has also told K-12 schools and higher learning institutions that Title IX protections will be recognized on the basis of biological sex, not gender identity. Additionally, the president has signed an order banning taxpayer-funded gender transitions for minors, which has already stopped hospitals from performing these often irreversible procedures. And just last week, Trump signed another order seeking to stop federal funding for K-12 schools that teach “radical” ideologies, including gender ideology. 

Republicans are now working to pass legislative measures to back up Trump’s orders. For example, the House passed the “Protection of Women and Girls Act” last month, though the Senate has yet to vote on the bill.

Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, appearing on “The Megyn Kelly Show,” has urged Republicans to get that bill passed, or at least get lawmakers on the record. 

“We’ve got the majority on our side … we’ve got to get it to the floor,” Tuberville said. “[Senate Majority Leader] John Thune told me he’s gonna get it to the floor, he [hasn’t] done it. Now, it’s time to put up or shut up.”

“We’ve got to get it on the floor so people can see,” he continued, “we’ve got to get people on the record, because this is something very dear to the heart of all parents across this country – and it is dead wrong.”