Trump Signs Action to Ban Transgender Women From Female Sports

  • Trump vowed to roll back transgender protections in campaign
  • NCAA aware of fewer than 10 trans athletes in college sports

   

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President Donald Trump signed an executive action that bans transgender women from participating in female sports, setting up a legal and political battle over an issue that became a flash point in the 2024 presidential election.

“From now on women’s sports will only be for women,” Trump said Wednesday at a signing ceremony at the White House.