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Miami Herald
23-07-2025
- Politics
- Miami Herald
Olympics, Paralympics to follow Trump ban on transgender women athletes
July 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced Monday that it plans to follow President Donald Trump's executive order banning transgender women from women's sports. The organization announced the change by updating its 27-page Athlete Safety Policy, which doesn't mention the word "transgender" at all. The document is dated June 18 but was published on the USOPC's website on Monday. It says the committee will comply with Trump's February order. "From now on, women's sports will be only for women," he said of the decree called Executive Order 14201 "No Men In Women's Sports Executive Order" during a ceremony Feb. 5 with athletes in the White House. In the Order, Trump said that banning "male competitive participation in women's sports" is a matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and truth." "The USOPC will continue to collaborate with various stakeholders with oversight responsibilities, e.g., IOC, IPC, NGBs, to ensure that women have a fair and safe competition environment consistent with Executive Order 14201 and the Ted Stevens Olympic & Amateur Sports Act," the document on the USOPC website says. USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland and President Gene Sykes said in a letter to the Team USA community that they had engaged in "a series of respectful and constructive conversations with federal officials" before making the change. "As a federally chartered organization, we have an obligation to comply with federal expectations," the letter said. "The guidance we've received aligns with the Ted Stevens Act, reinforcing our mandated responsibility to promote athlete safety and competitive fairness." Whether any Olympians will be affected in the 2028 Olympics isn't clear. No athlete has won an Olympic medal while competing as an openly transgender woman. "In our world of elite sport, these elements of fairness demand that we reconcile athlete inclusion and athlete opportunity," the USOPC website said. "The only way to do that for all genders, and specifically for those who are transgender, is to rely on real data and science-based evidence rather than ideology. That means making science-based decisions, sport by sport and discipline by discipline, within both the Olympic and Paralympic movements." About 1.3 million adults and 300,000 youth ages 13 to 17 identify as transgender out of 330 million people, according to a report published by Williams Institute, a think tank at UCLA's Law School in 2022. Fewer than 40 of the NCAA's more than 500,000 athletes are known to be transgender, said Anna Baeth, director of research at Athlete Ally, an organization that advocates for LGBTQ equality in sports. Transgender athletes are allowed to compete in the Olympics if they meet the eligibility criteria set by their sport's International Federation. Copyright 2025 UPI News Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
UPI
23-07-2025
- Politics
- UPI
Olympics, Paralympics to follow Trump ban on transgender women athletes
On Monday, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced it would comply with an executive order banning transgender women from women's sports. File Photo by Paul Hanna/UPI | License Photo July 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced Monday that it plans to follow President Donald Trump's executive order banning transgender women from women's sports. The organization announced the change by updating its 27-page Athlete Safety Policy, which doesn't mention the word "transgender" at all. The document is dated June 18 but was published on the USOPC's website on Monday. It says the committee will comply with Trump's February order. "From now on, women's sports will be only for women," he said of the decree called Executive Order 14201 "No Men In Women's Sports Executive Order" during a ceremony Feb. 5 with athletes in the White House. In the Order, Trump said that banning "male competitive participation in women's sports" is a matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and truth." "The USOPC will continue to collaborate with various stakeholders with oversight responsibilities, e.g., IOC, IPC, NGBs, to ensure that women have a fair and safe competition environment consistent with Executive Order 14201 and the Ted Stevens Olympic & Amateur Sports Act," the document on the USOPC website says. USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland and President Gene Sykes said in a letter to the Team USA community that they had engaged in "a series of respectful and constructive conversations with federal officials" before making the change. "As a federally chartered organization, we have an obligation to comply with federal expectations," the letter said. "The guidance we've received aligns with the Ted Stevens Act, reinforcing our mandated responsibility to promote athlete safety and competitive fairness." Whether any Olympians will be affected in the 2028 Olympics isn't clear. No athlete has won an Olympic medal while competing as an openly transgender woman. "In our world of elite sport, these elements of fairness demand that we reconcile athlete inclusion and athlete opportunity," the USOPC website said. "The only way to do that for all genders, and specifically for those who are transgender, is to rely on real data and science-based evidence rather than ideology. That means making science-based decisions, sport by sport and discipline by discipline, within both the Olympic and Paralympic movements." About 1.3 million adults and 300,000 youth ages 13 to 17 identify as transgender out of 330 million people, according to a report published by Williams Institute, a think tank at UCLA's Law School in 2022. Fewer than 40 of the NCAA's more than 500,000 athletes are known to be transgender, said Anna Baeth, director of research at Athlete Ally, an organization that advocates for LGBTQ equality in sports. Transgender athletes are allowed to compete in the Olympics if they meet the eligibility criteria set by their sport's International Federation.
Straits Times
23-07-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
US Olympic officials bar transgender women from women's competitions
US President Donald Trump invites young female athletes as he signs No Men in Women's Sports Executive Order on Feb 5. NEW YORK – The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) quietly changed its eligibility rules on July 21 to bar transgender women from competing in Olympic women's sports, and now will comply with President Donald Trump's executive order on the issue. The new policy, expressed in a short, vaguely worded paragraph, is tucked under the category of 'USOPC Athlete Safety Policy' on the site, and does not include details of how the ban will work. Nor does the new policy include the word 'transgender' or the title of Trump's executive order, 'Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports', referring to it instead as 'Executive Order 14201'. The committee's new policy means that the national governing bodies of sports federations in the United States now must follow the USOPC's lead, according to several chief executives of sports within the Olympic movement. Those national governing bodies oversee many, but not all, events in Olympic sports for all ages, from youth to masters' competitions. In a letter sent by email to the 'Team USA Community', the committee acknowledged on July 22 that its policy had changed. The letter, from Sarah Hirshland, the USOPC's CEO, and Gene Sykes, the president, said the committee had held 'a series of respectful and constructive conversations with federal officials' since the executive order was signed. 'As a federally chartered organization, we have an obligation to comply with federal expectations,' the letter said, adding that the committee would work with the national governing bodies to implement the new policy. USA Fencing was among the first of the national governing bodies to post a new policy for transgender athletes. Its new policy will take effect on Aug 1. Those new rules still allow transgender women to compete, but only in the men's category. The rule changes come after the sport was thrust into an uncomfortable spotlight this year when a female fencer declined to compete against her transgender opponent at a midlevel meet. The moment went viral and led to a congressional hearing about transgender women competing in women's sports. 'I'm not going to try to oppose the USOPC because I understand that they've been put in an impossible situation by the administration,' said Phil Andrews, CEO of USA Fencing. 'We essentially have no choice but to change the rules because once the USOPC says, 'This is now the policy of all of our NGBs', we all have to follow it.' Andrews added that it was unclear how the new policy would play out in states such as Minnesota and California, which are defying Mr Trump's ban on transgender women competing in the women's category. How the entire policy will unfold, from sport to sport, and state to state, is uncertain, too. Some sports could add an 'open' category, available to anyone, or a mixed gender category to accommodate the change, Andrews said. The USOPC was spare in its explanation. Its new policy said that it was 'committed to protecting opportunities for athletes participating in sport', and that it would work with the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and the national governing bodies of every Olympic sport 'to ensure that women have a fair and safe competition environment consistent with Executive Order 14201'. Before the new 'Athlete Safety' policy was posted, the committee had stayed away from taking a bold stance on the issue of transgender women competing in the women's division, trying to carefully navigate the politics of the matter as the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles inched closer. Instead, it had delegated decisions about transgender athlete eligibility to the national governing bodies of each sport. The USOPC has 54 member organizations, according to its website. The IOC, meanwhile, has been struggling for years with the issue of transgender and intersex athletes in sports, coming up with various rules at various times, in an effort to balance fairness with inclusivity. Its current policy allows each international sports federation – World Athletics or the International Cycling Federation, for example – to determine if, and how, transgender athletes can compete in sanctioned events at the international level. But several leaders in the Olympic movement said on July 22 that they were expecting the IOC's rules for transgender athletes to change now that the organization had a new leader, Kirsty Coventry. During her campaign for president, Coventry had pledged to protect women in sports, and that included possibly barring transgender women from competing in the women's category. NYTIMES
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Potential adoption roadblocks could soon be removed as GOP ramps up pressure: 'Safe, loving homes'
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways FIRST ON FOX: Republican lawmakers are re-introducing legislation to make sure parents seeking to only raise a child of their biological sex do not face extra roadblocks in the adoption and fostering process. The "SAFE Home Act" would prevent agencies that receive federal funding from rejecting those parents or placing additional hurdles or oversight on them. The legislation introduced by Sens. Jim Banks of Indiana and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, as well as House Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois, would ensure that adoptive parents would not be obligated to do any "medical, surgical, or psychological treatments" that would try to make changes to a child's gender identity. Censured Maine Rep. Libby Rips Governor After Transgender Athlete Reportedly Wins Track Events Sen.-elect Jim Banks at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 12, 2024. "Kids deserve safe, loving homes and parents shouldn't be blocked from adopting or fostering just because they oppose irreversible sex-change procedures on children. This bill makes sure families aren't punished for using common sense," Banks told Fox News Digital in a statement. Sen. Cotton said the legislation helps tackle "radical gender policies." Part of the bill's inspiration comes from a Biden-era Department of Health and Human Services rule that makes sure children are put into homes that affirm their sexual orientation or gender identity in 2023. When that rule came out, Banks first introduced the legislation when he was in the House of Representatives, but it did not move forward. Read On The Fox News App Ambassador Of Riley Gaines Center Discusses 'Violent' Protests During Fairness In Women's Sports Rally President Donald Trump acknowledges former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines before signing the No Men in Women's Sports executive order in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 5, 2025. President Donald Trump has taken multiple executive actions related to transgender policies, including seeking to limit "medical interventions" for people under 19 years old and ensuring federally funded institutions only allow biological women in women's sports programs. The actions have faced legal opposition, including a transgender military ban that the Supreme Court ruled could go for now on as lawsuits are ongoing. "We must defend the rights of parents to raise their children in a way that reflects reality and safeguards their future. The SAFE Home Act ensures that parents are not excluded from adopting simply for having common sense and standing against dangerous gender ideologies that threaten the well-being of children," Miller stated. Usa Fencing Prepares To Change Transgender Policy Amid Federal Probe, Backlash After Athlete's Kneel Protest Rep. Mary Miller speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on June 15, 2021. As of fiscal year 2022, there were over 368,000 children in the foster care system, and nearly 109,000 children were "waiting to be adopted" nationwide, according to the most recent Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System report from 2023. Fox News' Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report. Original article source: Potential adoption roadblocks could soon be removed as GOP ramps up pressure: 'Safe, loving homes'
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
U-Penn loses $175M in federal funds over transgender sports policy
March 19 (UPI) -- The University of Pennsylvania's policy allowing biological males to compete in women's sports caused the Trump administration to withhold $175 million in funding for the Ivy League school. "The Trump administration has 'paused $175 million in federal funding from the University of Pennsylvania' over its policy forcing women to compete with men in sports," Trump administration officials said in a post on its "Rapid Response" X account. "Promises made, promises kept," the post concluded. The $175 million represents nearly a fifth of the $1 billion in federal funding received by the university last year. Penn officials said they haven't received a formal notice of the funding pause. "Penn has always followed NCAA and Ivy League policies regarding student participation on athletic teams," university officials told NBC News. "We have been in the past and remain today in full compliance with the regulations that apply not only to Penn but all of our NCAA and Ivy League peers." The university in 2022 allowed Lia Thomas, a biological male who identifies as female, to compete on the university women's swimming team. Thomas won a national title, which prompted outrage from those opposed to allowing those who identify as female to compete in women's sports. Thomas's national title win prompted the Trump administration to pause the $175 million in federal funds from the Department of Defense and Department of Health and Human Services, and Trump administration official told the New York Post. "U-Penn infamously permitted a male to compete on its women's swimming team, overturning multiple records hard-earned by women and granting the fully intact male access to the locker room," the official said. Three former members of the Penn women's swim team accuse Penn, Harvard University, the Ivy League and the NCAA of Title IX violations in a federal lawsuit filed on Feb. 4. Officials at the University of Maine recently informed the Trump administration that it is complying with Title IX and does not allow biological males to compete in women's sports regardless of their gender identities. "U-Maine's decision to side with sanity is a win for women and girls in Maine," U.S. Department of Agriculture officials said Wednesday in an online news release. The USDA recently undertook a Title IX compliance review regarding federal funding at the university and others to ensure women and girls receive equal opportunities to "compete in safe and fair sports, as articulated in President Donald J. Trump's Executive Order," the news release says. Trump on Feb. 5 signed an executive order called the "No Men In Women's Sports Executive Order" that bans biological males from competing in women's sports regardless of gender identity. "From now on, women's sports will be only for women," Trump said during a signing ceremony at the White House. He was surrounded by girls and women while signing the executive order and afterward told them, "Now, you're going to go out and win those events." A day later, the NCAA's board of governors revised the association's sports participation policies to ban biological males from completing in NCAA-sanctioned women's college sports. The revised policy only allows women who were born female to compete in women's sports.
