Transgender Olympic US Athlete Speaks Out on Trump Executive Order
Donald Trump's executive order preventing transgender athletes from competing in women's and girls' sports.Newsweek has reached out to Mosier via online email form for comment.After campaigning heavily about transgender issues, one of Trump's first executive orders declared that there are only two genders: "male and female." Last week, Trump signed another executive order instructing agencies to ensure that hospitals receiving federal research and education grants "end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children." He also signed an order to prevent transgender service members within the military.Trump signed an executive order Wednesday banning transgender athletes from participating in women's sports.
The order, titled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports," directs federal agencies to enforce Title IX—a landmark civil rights law protecting against sex-based discrimination in education—under an interpretation that defines sex strictly by biological assignment at birth.The directive grants federal agencies broad authority to penalize schools and athletic organizations that do not comply.
The order also calls on state attorneys general to establish enforcement measures and legal strategies to uphold the new mandate."Under the Trump administration, we will defend the proud tradition of female athletes, and we will not allow men to beat up, injure and cheat our women and our girls," Trump said.In response to the order, Mosier, who is a transgender rights activist and competitive triathlete, condemned the order in a video posted to Instagram on Wednesday as a way to "weaponize Title IX.""Today's executive order seeks to weaponize Title IX to ban transgender athletes from participating in women's sports.
But the truth is Title IX is law, it was passed by Congress and executive orders cannot override law, executive orders cannot change the law.
