Washington:
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, signed an executive order on Wednesday that sought to prohibit transgender athletes in women’s sports, in their last movement aimed at transgender people since they returned to charge.
“With this executive order, the war against women’s sports is over,” Trump said before signing the order in the White House, surrounded by dozens of female children and athletes.
The main Republicans, including the president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson and the congresswoman of Firebrand, Marjorie Green, were among those who were at the audience to see the signature ceremony.
“We will defend the proud tradition of female athletes, and we will not allow men to hit, hurt and deceive our women and our girls. From now on, women’s sports will be only for women,” Trump added to applause.
The order provides government agencies to deny federal funds to schools that allow transgender athletes to compete in women’s teams.
“It is the policy of the United States to terminate all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, resulting in danger, humiliation and silencing of women and girls and deprived them of privacy “, the executive order said.
Trump also said he would push the International Olympic Committee to change his rules about transgender athletes before the games return to the US soil in 2028 in Los Angeles.
He said that he had ordered the Secretary of State Marco Rubio to “make clear” the IOC that “we want everything to be changed with the Olympic Games and has to do with this absolutely ridiculous issue.”
Trump added that he had ordered the Chief of National Security Kristi Noem who denied visa requests “made by men trying fraudulently to the United States while identifying as women athletes to try to enter the games.”
– Culture war –
Republican Trump has repeatedly attacked non -content people in a bombardment of orders that push his radical right -wing agenda since its inauguration for a second term on January 20.
Trump signed an order to free the military from what he called “transgender ideology” and effectively prohibit transgender troops. He also issued an order to restrict gender transition procedures for people under 19.
The series of actions occur despite the fact that transgender people constitute only a small minority of the American population.
During the 2024 election campaign, democrats on the divisive issue of transgender rights during the 2024 electoral campaign, capitalizing a broader cultural war on the subject.
One of Trump’s most successful attack lines against his electoral rival Kamala Harris, “Kamala Harris is for them/them. President Trump of his”) pointed to his support for trans rights.
Trump also pointed to his unique support for gender reallocation operations for prisoners.
Its executive order on Wednesday occurs after the House of Representatives led by Republicans in January approved a bill that severely restricts the transgender athletes of participating in sports of girls and women.
As transgender people have become a more visible presence in the United States, causing questions about gender and equity norms, many conservatives have recovered around women’s sports.
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