US President Donald Trump signed a decree prohibiting transgender people born to men, participate in women’s sports competitions.
At the signing ceremony in the White House, Trump said he was fulfilling one of his election promises.
Speaking at the ceremony, Trump emphasized that there are only two biological sexes – “male” and “female”, while his administration does not recognize other definitions. He also stated that transgender athletes have no place in women’s sports.
“How can one forget how at last year’s Olympic Games in Paris the Boxer man brutally treated his rival, defeated her in 46 seconds, and then stole her gold medal? Today this decree is against women’s sports completed, ”he said.
The document also provides that educational institutions receiving federal financing will be required to prohibit transgender athletes in women’s competitions. Otherwise, they face the termination of financing.