Trump signs executive order keeping men out of women's sports

February 6, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald J. Trump (R) signed an executive order: keeping men out of women's and girls' sports. Trump was joined at the ceremony by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) and U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Alabama) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama).

"Since returning to the White House, President Trump has wasted no time tackling the issues that matter most to the American people. With a single stroke of his pen, he has reversed years of radical and damaging policies," Attorney General Marshall said. "Americans should not have to worry about their daughters losing out on critical opportunities-whether spots on sports teams, scholarships, or the countless other advantages sports provide. It is simple common sense: Biological males don't belong on sports fields or in locker rooms with girls. I am proud to have stood beside President Trump as he signed this urgently needed executive order."

The order protects the integrity of Title IX ensuring that biological men are not competing in women's and girls' sports. The order was signed on National Girls and Women in Sports Day.

"Women and girls across our nation nearly saw their ability to achieve their own personal American Dream ripped away when President Biden and Vice President Harris chose to dismantle Title IX protections," said Senator Britt. "Today, President Trump said no more, and he restored longstanding, commonsense protections to ensure daughters across America, like my own, can continue to unlock their potential. I appreciate President Trump's leadership on this critical issue, and I am proud to be a cosponsor of Senator Tuberville's Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which would codify these protections. I will always defend the rights of women and girls to compete in athletics fairly and safely."

Senator Britt joined Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) in introducing the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act to ensure that, for purposes of Title IX enforcement, gender is "recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth." It would also ban recipients of federal funding from operating, sponsoring, or facilitating athletic programs that permit a male to participate in a women's sporting event.

Senator Britt applauded the bill's recent passage in the U.S. House by a vote of 218 to 206. Senate passage and signature by the President would mean that a future Democratic President could not undo President Trump's work with his or her own executive order.

"A lot of people don't realize that an Executive Order [...] only lasts as long as that president's there," Senator Tuberville said on the Megyn Kelly Show. "So, we got some work to do. [...] As you said-we've got to get it to the floor. John Thune told me he's going to get it to the floor. [...] If it's not going to pass, we'll do it again, but we've got to get people on the record because this is something that's very dear to the heart of all parents across the country-and it's dead wrong."

Riley Gaines is a woman athlete who experienced this firsthand when the NCAA allowed a man in woman's swimsuit to compete against her in women's competition.

"Our dreams, our desire for privacy, our voices didn't matter to the university administrators or the athletic associations,": wrote Gaines on Fox News. "It didn't matter to the laughably named Women's Sports Foundation, which has fought to enable men to enter and predictably dominate women's sports. And it certainly didn't matter to President Biden or Vice President Harris."

"Fortunately, female athletes did matter to people across the country," said Gaines. "In fact, brave women and men started speaking out against the injustice that was being done to women. Independent Women spearheaded the creation of the largest and most ideologically diverse women's movement of our time, called "Our Bodies, Our Sports.""

Advocates for women's sports argue that males have an inherent advantage physically due to greater strength, speed, and athleticism due to testosterone and basic biology

"Fortunately, this blindness to physical reality is at an end," said Gaines. "President Trump is standing up for women and female athletes when coaches, college administrators, and sports governing bodies have refused to. He knew it was absurd, unfair, and dangerous to force women to compete against men. He spoke about it consistently on the campaign trail and pledged to do something about it. Voters heard it and supported him. And now, just days after taking office, he has made good on this promise. He has told female athletes that their dreams matter."

The NCAA has complied with the order. President Trump celebrated the news.

"Exciting news! Due to my Executive Order, which I proudly signed yesterday, the NCAA has officially changed their policy of allowing men in Women's Sports – IT IS NOW BANNED!" President Trump said on his Truth Social account. "This is a great day for women and girls across our Country. Men should have NEVER been allowed to compete against women in the first place, but I am proud to be the President to SAVE Women's Sports. We expect the Olympics Committee to also use Common Sense, and implement this policy, which is very popular among the American People, and the entire World!"

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