Executive Director of the Basic Management Body for High School Sports condition of the maine They would say that athletic teams would continue to determine the eligibility on the basis of students of the said gender identity, despite the president’s executive order that wants to retain “men from the female sport”.
Mike Burnham, the director of the Association of Director Maine (MPA), said that the president’s command clashes with the state law aimed at protecting human rights and, as a result, the MPA will be delayed on the second when it comes to establishing athletic eligibility.
“The executive order and our Human Rights Law of Maine State are in conflict, and the Association of Director Maine (MPA) will continue to follow the state law because it relates to gender identity,” said Burnham Local News Outlet Maine Public The following president Donald Trump 5th February Executive Command.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Burnham reiterated that the MPA “would send all schools in Maine to follow the Human Law on Human Rights,” which he said was in accordance with the notification of January 21 from the Ministry of Education. “The MPA staff will closely monitor any updates of federal and state authorities regarding the potential influence of the presidential executive order to participate in high school sports and to adapt to his policy.”
President Donald J. Trump appears in a photo of the Maine High School swimmer who was dived to the pool. (Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty | Trump-vance Transition Team)
While Ncaa He revised his guidelines about transgender participation in sports, Maine is one of the handfuls of countries that said she would continue to allow transgender women to compete in women’s sports teams in accordance with their state laws.
Trump’s executive order instructed all federal agencies to review support, programs and policies that do not reconcile with the efforts of the administration to end “male competitive participation in women’s sports … as a matter of security, honesty, dignity and truth.” The command also indicates a strict implementation of the title IX against any educational institutions or athletic associations that do not adhere to and require that in such cases they are deprived of federal help.
“Many sports-specific management bodies do not have an official position or requirements related to trans-idting athletes. Others allow men to compete in women’s categories if these men reduce testosterone in their bodies below certain levels or provide documentation about” sincere “gender identity , “Trump’s executive command says.
President Donald Trump signs not men in the executive order of female sports in the east room of the White House on February 5, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
Just like Maine, the management bodies of young youth sports in Minnesota IU California said that the determination of the eligibility of transgender athletes controls state statutes on human rights. Meanwhile, in Michigan, a state management body for sports sports said she was seeking further clarification on potential conflicts between Trump’s executive order and the state law.
Sarah Perry, a civil rights lawyer who has an extensive experience in IX IX questions, said they were, in addition to Trump’s executive order Department of Education and previously established precedent from a series of cases that caused the former President Joe Biden’s regulations allowing the athletic eligibility to be determined by one’s preferred gender identity.
“Within six weeks [after Biden’s Title IX ruling] We had 11 federal lawsuits launched by 26 countries, except for a few others – Biden’s administration lost each time, “Perry said.” The most damn with their losses was the one from the Eastern Kentucky district, which just came out last month, and it was not just enjoying the rule, but also leaving the rule. In other words, sending literally in a crowd of garbage as if it had never been made. “
Protesters gather in support of the protection of transgender young people. (Mark Kerrison/in pictures via Getty Images)
Perry noted that, in addition to the obvious risk of losing funds, these countries also open up the federal investigations of the IX title, something she said could potentially force them to meet Trump’s demands.
“The executive order of the female sport says that Secretary of Education In cooperation with PMA Bonda Attorney General, all the affirmative actions in all countries will be convened to ensure that there is compliance, and for those who are not obeyed, in order to prioritize priority to the first action of IX law enforcement against these educational institutions , Including athletic associations, which consist or manage these certain schools, “Perry said.
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“They are welcome to follow the state law in the light of the opposite federal law,” Perry continued. “But I guess it’s the moment these investigations and wires of purse start to close, this will be a completely different story in a short time.”
