California challenges Trump's ban on transgender athletes from women's sports
The federal government has launched an investigation into several universities for allowing biologically born men to participate in women's competitions.
Young athletes attend the signing of Trump's executive order.
The California state government is defying the White House and announced Friday that it will continue to allow the participation of biological men identified as trans in women's sports competitions.
Along with the California Public School Athletics Association, California Gov. Newsom said he will continue to follow the state law that allows athletes to participate with whatever gender they identify with, The San Francisco Chronicle reported Wednesday.
Reacting to the California officials' statements, Family Council of California outreach director Sophia Lorey said on Fox News that she is "disgusted that the CIF would disregard yesterday's executive order and instead double down on policies that are not only unfair, but dangerous to young women across California."
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Trump signs executive order to ban transgender athletes from competing in women's sports
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NCAA changes its gender policy
The move came a day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at banning transgender athletes from participating in women's and girls' sports.
The order gives federal agencies latitude to withhold federal funding from entities that do not comply with Title IX in alignment with the Trump administration's view, which interprets "sex" as the gender someone was assigned at birth.
The NCAA policy change is effective immediately and applies to all athletes, regardless of previous eligibility reviews.
The NCAA has about 1,100 member schools with more than 500,000 athletes, making it the largest governing body of college athletics in the United States.
Federal government investigates Title IX violations at UPenn and San Jose State
As reported by Fox News, the federal government opened an investigation into potential Title IX violations for sex discrimination in athletic competition.
According to the information provided by the media, University of Pennsylvania and San Jose State University are the universities subject to such investigation.
The Department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is in charge of said dossier, in which the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association would also be involved.
"Pursuant to President Trump's 'Keep Men Out of Women's Sports' Executive Order yesterday, the US Department of Education today announced investigations at two educational institutions and one athletic association where Title IX violations have been reported," reads a statement provided by Fox News. "President Trump's Executive Order 'Keep Men Out of Women's Sports' is a promise to women and girls: this administration will not tolerate the mistreatment of female athletes."
At the University of Pennsylvania, Lia Thomas competed with the backing of university officials on the women's swim team after previously competing on the school's men's team. Thomas broke several women's records and won several events at the 2022 Ivy League championships and NCAA championships.
At San Jose State, transgender Blaire Fleming played three seasons on the women's volleyball team from 2022-2024. According to a lawsuit filed by 11 players, the university concealed Fleming's birth sex from other team members and opponents.
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