Former President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump officially accepted the Republican nomination for president on Thursday night, during the final night of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. During his more than 90-minute speech, Trump touched on a number of political issues, including a hot-button topic for many Americans.
“We will not have any men playing on the women’s team. sporty, “This will end immediately,” Trump said, drawing a round of applause from the crowd.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Republican National Convention (RNC) after surviving an assassination attempt at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 18, 2024. At a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, a 20-year-old lone gunman opened fire on Trump during the campaign rally, hitting him in the right ear and critically wounding two rally-goers and killing a third. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The issue of banning transgender athletes from participating in women’s and girls’ sports has been one of the most hotly debated topics in American politics over the years.
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In April, the Biden administration made Major changes to Title IX in the unveiling of new rules aimed at protecting LGBTQ+ students and changing how complaints of sexual harassment and assault are handled on campus.
But what’s remarkable about these changes is the absence of any policy that would prevent schools from outright banning transgender athletes from competing against women.
Currently, at least 24 states have laws that prohibit transgender women and girls from participating in certain women’s or girls’ sports competitions.
University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas and Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines react after finishing in a tie for 5th place in the 200 freestyle final at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships on March 18, 2022 at McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Nassau County, New York, Executive Director Bruce Blakeman was the latest to sign a county law that would ban biological males from participating in women’s sporting events at county-run parks and facilities — a law that immediately became the subject of a lawsuit from New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Ancient NCAA Division 1 swimmer Riley Gaines He spoke to Fox News Digital outside the RNC this week to condemn Democrats’ moves to protect women’s sports.
“The Democratic Party is far from being a party of women or for women. They can’t even define what a woman is,” she said. “So how can you claim to stand for something you can’t define? I’m here to share the simple message that men and women are different, but it’s much broader than just the athletic aspect.”
Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines speaks at an event. (Michael Clevenger/Courier Journal/USA TODAY NETWORK)
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According to the Associated Press, Trump has pledged to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports, adding that if elected, he would ask Congress to pass a bill establishing that there are “only two sexes” determined by birth.
Fox News’ Danielle Wallace, Michael Dorgan and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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