Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports

What it means

This order aims to prevent transgender women from participating in women's sports at educational institutions. It directs the Education Department to enforce Title IX to ensure women's sports are "reserved for women" based on biological sex, and threatens to rescind federal funding from schools that allow transgender women to compete in women's categories.

Expected impact

• Educational institutions may face loss of federal funding if they allow transgender women to participate in women's sports
• Potential legal challenges from civil rights groups and institutions supporting transgender athletes
• International pressure on sporting bodies, including the International Olympic Committee, to revise policies on transgender athlete participation
• Heightened state-level enforcement of sex-based athletic categories through coordination with Attorneys General
• Schools may need to revise athletic policies to comply with the order's interpretation of Title IX requirements