President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he would reduce federal funding from the Maine’s state if he continues to challenge his decree to prevent Trans from participating in the sports of girls and women.
“I heard that men were still playing in Maine,” Trump told a rally of Republican governors in Washington on Thursday.
“I hate telling you this, but we are not going to give them federal money, they always say” we want men to play in female sports “and I cannot believe that they do that … So we “will not give them federal funding, nothing, until they clean it. “”
Trump’s executive decree, which was signed on February 5, asked all federal agencies to examine the subsidies, programs and policies which do not comply with the efforts of the administration to end “competitive male participation to female sports … in terms of security, equity, dignity and the truth.
The order also instructed the strict application of title IX against any educational establishments or sports associations that do not comply and require federal aid to be removed in such cases.
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The Maine State House was seen in Dawn, on January 3, 2024 in Augusta, in Maine. (AP photo / Robert F. Bukaty)
“Many specific sporting organs have no official position or requirement concerning trans-identifying athletes. Others allow men to participate in the categories of women if these men reduce testosterone in their bodies below certain levels or Provide documentation of gender identity ‘`sincerely detained’ ‘,” Trump’s decree declares. “These policies are unfair to female athletes and do not protect female security.”
Shortly after the signing of the order, several states, including Maine, California, Minnesota and others, are mainly heading for Democrats, said they would not comply with Trump.
The executive director of the main body director of secondary school The state of Maine The said sports teams will continue to determine the eligibility based on the indicated gender identity of a student, despite the decree of the president who seeks to keep “men away from female sports”.
Mike Burnham, Executive Director of the Association of Main Directors of Maine (MPA), said that the president’s order was in conflict with the law of the state aimed at protecting human rights and, consequently, The AMP would recover from it when it comes to determining sporting eligibility.
“The Executive Decree and our Maine Human Rights Act are in conflict, and the main association of Maine (MPA) will continue to follow the law of the State with regard to gender identity”, said Burnham Maine audience Follow Trump’s executive decree of February 5.
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In a previous statement to PK Press Club Digital, Burnham reiterated that MPA “would instruct all the schools of Maine to follow Maine Human Rights Act”, which, according to him, was in accordance with an opinion of January 21 of the Ministry of Education.
“AMP staff will closely monitor the updates of the federal and state authorities concerning the potential impact of the president’s decree on the participation of secondary school sports and will adjust its policy accordingly.”
In the meantime, the American Department of Education Recently launched investigations into the title IX on Minnesota State High School League and California Interscholastic Federation for having refused to comply with Trump on the issue.
“The Minnesota State High School League and California Interscholastic Federation are free to engage in all signals of virtue of meaning that they wish, but at the end of the day, they must respect the federal law” , said Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights.
“(The Civil Rights Office) The regional offices of Chicago and San Francisco will lead surveys directed on the two organizations to ensure that the female athletes of these states are treated with the dignity, the respect and the equality that ‘Trump administration demands. Federals on civil rights that protect women and girls against discrimination and harassment.
President Donald Trump signed the decree on February 5, (Donald Trump 2024 campaign)
The Department of Education added that the laws of the States do not prevail over the anti-discrimination federal laws, so that associations are subject to surveys.
However, some states managed by Democrats have quickly experienced the compliance of the order of Trump.
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association announced on Wednesday an update of its policies which indicated that only athletes “designated as women at birth” would be authorized to participate in Girls Sports, Despite the license of trans athletes in girls sports dating from 2013.
