US President Donald Trump will signal an govt order on Wednesday barring transgender athletes from girls’s sports activities, in his newest transfer concentrating on transgender individuals since returning to workplace.
‘Honours a pledge’
The transfer honours a pledge that Republican Trump made earlier than returning for his second time period in workplace with a radical right-wing agenda.
The White House mentioned in its every day steering that Trump would signal a “No Men in Women’s Sports Executive Order” in a ceremony at 22:00 (SA time).
“Today, President Trump will deliver on his promise to PROTECT WOMEN’S SPORTS!” Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly mentioned on X.
Kelly mentioned the order would “end the dangerous and unfair participation of men in women’s sports.”
Donald Trump repeatedly returned to the theme of transgender athletes throughout an election marketing campaign that additionally particularly focused Democratic rival Kamala Harris over her assist for trans points.
The 78-year-old billionaire has repeatedly focused gender non-conforming individuals in his blitz of govt orders and different strikes since returning to workplace on January 20.
Donald Trump signed an order to rid the army of what he known as “transgender ideology” and successfully ban transgender troops. He additionally issued an order to limit gender transition procedures for individuals beneath age 19.
His newest govt order comes after the Republican-led House of Representatives in January handed a invoice severely proscribing transgender athletes from taking part in women’ and ladies’s sports activities.
Republicans hammered Democrats on transgender points – particularly when it got here to youth and sports activities – forward of the 2024 election, capitalising on a broader tradition struggle over LGBTQ rights.
As transgender individuals – a small minority of the inhabitants – have develop into a extra seen presence within the United States, sparking questions round gender norms and equity, many conservatives have rallied round girls’s sports activities.
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By Garrin Lambley © Agence France-Presse