The Transgender Olympic Athletes Excluded From Donald Trump Executive Order
Donald Trump signed an executive order that will prohibit transgender women from competing in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, but it makes no mention of transgender men.Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment via email.Americans hold complex views on gender and sexual orientation issues.
While many polls show acceptance for LGBTQ+ rights has generally increased over the past 20 years, most Americans are less supportive of transgender girls and women participating in women's sports.
A Gallup poll from May 2023 found that 69 percent of Americans believe transgender people should play on teams that match their sex assigned at birth.Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order cracking down on transgender women participating in women's sports, including a measure ordering Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to issue guidance with the goal of preventing the entry of transgender women seeking to participate in the Olympics.The order is his latest move that targets the transgender community since he returned to the White House last month.While the order focuses on prohibiting transgender women from participating in women's sports, it does not cite transgender men, who would participate in men's sports and are presumably not affected by the mandate.The order also does not address whether transgender women could participate in sports on men's teams—only that they cannot participate on women's teams."The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall review and adjust, as needed, policies permitting admission to the United States of males seeking to participate in women's sports, and shall issue guidance with an objective of preventing such entry to the extent permitted by law, including pursuant to section 212(a)(6)(C)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1182(a)(6)(C)(i))," the order reads.It continues, "The Secretary of State shall use all appropriate and available measures to see that.
