US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday barring transgender athletes from women’s sports.
The move is geared towards a pledge that Republican president made before returning for his second term in office with a radical right-wing agenda.
The White House disclosed in its daily guidance that Trump would sign a “No Men in Women’s Sports Executive Order” in a ceremony at 3:00 pm (2000 GMT).
“Today, President Trump will deliver on his promise to protect women’s sports!” Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly said on X.
Kelly said the order would “end the dangerous and unfair participation of men in women’s sports.”
Trump repeatedly returned to the theme of transgender athletes during an election campaign.
The 78-year-old has repeatedly targeted gender non-conforming people in his blitz of executive orders and other moves since returning to office on January 20.
Trump signed an order to rid the military of what he described as “transgender ideology” and effectively ban transgender troops. He also issued an order to restrict gender transition procedures for people under age 19.
This latest executive order comes after the Republican-led House of Representatives in January passed a bill severely restricting transgender athletes from participating in girls and women’s sports.
