The National Association of College Athletics, which manages university athletics in the United States, prohibits transgender women from competing in women’s college sports.
The ban was adopted on February 5th following President Donald Trump’s executive order. This threatens to withdraw federal funds from institutions of higher education if the individuals assigned to a male at birth are allowed to compete in women’s sports teams.
“We strongly believe that clear, consistent, uniform eligibility criteria, rather than a patchwork of conflicting state laws and court decisions, will best serve student-athletes today,” NCAA Charlie Baker said. The president said in a statement. “To that end, President Trump’s orders provide clear national standards.”
Previously, the NCAA allowed each sport’s governing body to establish its own criteria for eligibility. Some sports, such as swimming and track and field, prohibit those who have participated as females who have been subject to male adolescents.
Other sports have established guidelines for how much testosterone remains in athletes’ blood after a year of hormone therapy.
Standards differed for each sport. For example, US volleyball allowed trans athletes to compete with testosterone levels four times the maximum level in which the US rowing was established.
The new NCAA policy limits women’s competition in all sports to athletes who allocated women at birth.
Baker testified earlier last year before Congress that he estimated that fewer than 10 trans athletes were competing at the university level.
Whether critics of the prohibition question whether it violates successful cisgender women’s rights or fails to follow traditional beauty and femininity stereotypes.
They try to stand by the athlete by rival teams by mistakenly accusing female athletes of transgender and schools of invasive questions and consultations and “proof” their gender at birth. He claims there is nothing to stop this.
Public opinion is primarily on the side of those who support the ban. The majority of Americans, including Democrats, believe that trans women should not be allowed to compete with cisgender women.
The controversy over the success enjoyed by a small number of trans athletes in recent years has distorted public opinion in favour of limiting transgender participation, and supporters are inherently unfair inclusion of trans athletes. He claims that.
Most legal experts say that both Trump’s executive order and the new NCAA policy have been challenged in court, and that Title IX ban on discrimination based on “sex” has been discriminated or abused for gender identity It is thought to lead a federal judge to decide whether to reach or not.
In a statement, Lambda Legal expressed disappointment at the NCAA’s actions, claiming that the ban is “simplification” and ignores variations in human development. The LGBTQ organization also accused Trump of executive orders of being based on falsehoods about transgender athletes.
“The obviously enthusiastic surrender of the NCAA may be understood given the intense forced force of the president — the Black Mile — the Black Mile,” said Carl Charles, senior legal lawyer for Lambda. “However, a similar smear explains how quickly and far the prestigious organization fell from its leadership against HB2, North Carolina’s infamous anti-trans law, in 2016. , a sharp responsibilities of discrimination and fear levelled by state lawmakers, the NCAA has directed another state to move its high-profile championship. Now, less than a decade later, they have said, “We’re welcome.” It offers an empty promise to help develop an environment.
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