This month, Townhall covered President Donald Trump signing an executive order banning so-called “transgender women” from women’s sports.
The order, titled "No Men in Women's Sports," mandates that Title IX be interpreted as prohibiting the participation of transgender girls and women in female sports. This is a far cry from the Biden administration’s approach to Title IX.
Trump called the order "common sense” before he signed it.
"From now on, women's sports will be only for women," he said. "The war on women's sports is over."
"America rejects transgender lunacy," he added.
However, the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) came out shortly after to confirm that it would not comply with Trump’s order, as Townhall reported.
"It is very clear in our Minnesota Human Rights Act that we do not separate out and remove trans people from our lived experiences of society," said State Rep. Leigh Finke, who is transgender. "I cannot overstate what it feels like to be a member of a community who is seeing our rights removed."
On Wednesday, the Trump White House revealed that they were investigating the MSHSL and California Interscholastic Federation for violating the executive order.
“The Minnesota State High School League and the California Interscholastic Federation are free to engage in all the meaningless virtue-signaling that they want, but at the end of the day they must abide by federal law,” Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor said.
“OCR’s Chicago and San Francisco regional offices will conduct directed investigations into both organizations to ensure that female athletes in these states are treated with the dignity, respect, and equality that the Trump administration demands. I would remind these organizations that history does not look kindly on entities and states that actively opposed the enforcement of federal civil rights laws that protect women and girls from discrimination and harassment,” Trainor added.
🚨 The Trump administration has announced an investigation into the Minnesota State High School League and California Interscholastic Federation for violation of federal anti-discrimination law over allowing men to compete in women’s sports. pic.twitter.com/ro9PVL6yZI
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