TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Feb 7, 2025

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order aimed at banning transgender women from participating in women’s sports, AP News reports. The order, titled "Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports," directs federal agencies to enforce Title IX in alignment with the Trump administration’s interpretation, which defines “sex” as the gender assigned at birth. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Sen. Marsha Blackburn attended the signing ceremony, expressing support for the administration’s efforts to “protect women’s sports.” The event coincided with National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Last year, Tennessee joined a multi-state lawsuit challenging a federal court ruling that allowed individuals to compete in sports aligning with their gender identity after the Biden administration had sought to expand the law’s prohibition of sex discrimination in education programs to LGBTQ+ students. In January, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky ruled that the U.S. Department of Education exceeded its constitutional authority when it modified Title IX protections under the Education Amendments of 1972.