Trump’s Sports Order is Part of a Sustained Campaign Targeting Transgender People

President Trump signed an executive order barring transgender girls from participating in school sports.

Ricardo Martinez, Executive Director of GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law), made the following statement: 

This order banning transgender students from sports is part of a sustained campaign aimed at making it impossible for transgender people to function in society. The avalanche of executive orders issued over the last two weeks cuts across every area of life – from employment to healthcare, from travel, to social services, to schools. 

The systematic targeting of transgender people across American institutions is chilling, but targeting young people in schools, denying them support during their most vulnerable years, is especially cruel. These policies will have devastating consequences for years to come. 

The President cannot change the law or the Constitution. We will challenge this order.