No more men playing in women's sports. New President Donald Trump has made his stance on this clear more than once.
Among the many changes Trump is making in his first few days in office, one of his main executive orders declares the government will recognize only two genders: male and female.
He has said more than once that men will not be allowed to play in women's sports. The Executive Order doesn’t address high school and college sports teams which do not fall under the purview of the federal government.
But support for biological females only on girls’ and women’s sports teams is strong, and the EO strengthens the momentum.
Adrianna McLamb, a spokeswoman for Independent Women’s Forum, celebrates the decision.
She says this is a huge win “not only for Independent Women where I've been working on this issue for years now, but for women and girls across America. We see this as an issue of safety, an issue of equality, and an issue of opportunity. Women have been fighting an uphill battle as biological males have been invading this space of women and girls' sports at the collegiate level, high school level and beyond."
McLamb added this will give women and girls an equal playing field. She said this is continuing the momentum after the last few weeks.
"Two weeks ago, roughly, we saw Tennessee vs Cardona. A federal District Court ruled in Kentucky that the guidance rewrite of Title IX to basically change the definition of sex was unlawful and therefore upheld the definition of Title IX in its true form. From that momentum to the following week, we saw the House passed the Protection of Women and Girls Sports Act of 2025, and then for this week, an Executive Order that's going to (help) protect women as well in our sports."
The work isn’t done. McLamb said her team is hoping that in addition to the Executive Order, the legislation will be codified in law.
"There's still tons of pressure on the NCAA to ensure that they protect their female athletes as their policies do not align with this Executive Order. They do still allow biological males to play in women's sports.”
The NCAA has not released a statement on Trump’s remarks or the EO.
The NCAA in 2010 established a policy that required biological males to complete at least one year of testosterone suppression therapy before being eligible to compete on a women’s team.
That policy was revised in 2022 to align more closely with the national governing bodies of individual sports which sometimes make rules more restrictive before biological males are eligible for women’s teams.
Hey NCAA, get on board
Two weeks before Trump took office a coalition of female athletes and women’s advocacy groups wrote a letter to Trump urging him to pressure the NCAA “to take action and clarify participation rules to protect the rights and opportunities of female athletes.”
McLamb is hopeful the Senate take some action on this in the next few weeks.
