He NCAA announced On Thursday that its Board voted to update the participation policy of the Association for Students Transgender athletes later President Trump’s executive order Prohibit transgender girls and women from competing in sports teams that coincide with their gender identity.
Trump signed the order on Wednesday by stating that the Federal Law against Sexual Discrimination in Schools, Title IX, be interpreted as prohibiting the participation of transgender girls and women in women’s sports. The institutions that do not comply with any federal financing that they receive, Trump said.
The Director Board of the University Sports Association updated its policy the next day.
“The NCAA is an organization composed of 1,100 colleges and universities in the 50 states that collectively register more than 530,000 athletes. We firmly believe that the clear, consistent and uniform eligibility standards would better serve the students’ athletes of today instead of a mosaic. He said in a statement.
Baker had said in December while testified to Congress on the subject that was aware of transgender athletes “less than 10” among the more than half a million athletes governed by the NCAA.
The University Sports Association updated policy He states that competition in women’s sport is limited to athletes assigned only to birth. It also establishes that a woman athlete assigned to a woman assigned to birth that has begun hormonal therapy (for example, testosterone) may not compete in a women’s team. Students athletes assigned to men at birth can still practice with women’s teams and receive benefits such as medical care while practicing, according to politics.
According to politics, athletes can compete and practice in men’s sports, regardless of sex assigned to birth or gender identity.
NCAA said that updated policy is immediately effective for all athletes, regardless of previous eligibility.
A few hours after its inauguration, Mr. Trump signed an executive order To say that the federal government is not to use terms as a gender identity and recognizes “two sexes, men and women.”
Has also signed orders focused on Transgender service members and restrict Medical attention affirmed by gender.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Olivia Rinaldi and Caitlin Yilek contributed to this report.
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