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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: NCAA Bans Transgender Women from College Sports After Trump Order
Caption: NCAA Bans Transgender Women from College Sports After Trump Order. The NCAA has officially banned transgender women from competing in women's sports, aligning with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order. The policy, which takes effect immediately, states that student-athletes must compete based on their sex assigned at birth, as recorded on their birth certificates. Trump praised the NCAA’s move, declaring, “IT IS NOW BANNED!” and calling it a “great day for women and girls” while predicting that the Olympics would follow suit. NCAA President Charlie Baker previously stated that fewer than 10 transgender athletes were competing among the 530,000 student-athletes in NCAA sports. The ban is the latest in a series of Trump-led measures restricting transgender rights, including bans on military service, gender-affirming healthcare, and housing placements for transgender inmates. The NCAA cited Trump’s executive order as providing a “clear national standard” amid conflicting state laws, saying its Board of Governors had swiftly adjusted the policy. While transgender men can still compete in men’s sports, transgender women and female athletes on testosterone therapy are now barred from women’s teams. Advocacy groups condemned the move, with Advocates for Trans Equality calling the policy “blatantly discriminatory and unconstitutional.” Trump’s order also threatens to cut federal funding to high schools allowing transgender girls in female sports and pressures the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to adopt a ban. The IOC, which currently permits transgender athletes under fairness guidelines, stated it would continue discussions with international sports federations Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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