Trump will prevent trans athletes from participating in the upcoming 2028 Los Angeles Olympics by requiring visas
The fence of the Casa Blanca against the rights of the trans people continued. The president Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that aims to ban the participation of trans athletes in school and university leagues by denying federal funds to those educational centers that allow it. In turn, Trump He has also assured that he will not allow trans athletes in the 2028 Los Angeles OlympicsTo achieve this, he has hinted that visas should be denied.
"En Los Angeles, in 2028, my administration will not stand by and watch men beat and mistreat female athletes. We are simply not going to allow it, and this is going to end, and it is ending right now, and no one is going to be able to do anything about it, because when I speak, I speak with authority.", the president said.
The Republican has assured that he is “giving instructions” to his secretary Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, "to deny any visa applications made by men who attempt to fraudulently enter the United States while identifying themselves as female athletes, trying to enter the games, perhaps because they cannot qualify for the games".
Hoaxes against female athletes
Trump He signed the decree surrounded by cisgender women and girls. Before signing, he cited the hoax created by the extreme right about the boxer Imane Khelif in the games Paris Olympics last year. Beyond the transphobia that this whole campaign represented, the truth is that the Algerian is a cis woman. Not a man, as the president has falsely said: “And who could forget last year's Paris Olympics, where a male boxer robbed a woman of a gold medal after so viciously brutalising his three male opponents that she had to retire after just 46 seconds - and she was a champion fighter?"
Siege of trans minors
In order to implement the decree, entitled “Keeping men out of women's sports", Trump The new order seeks to skew Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in schools. Under this rule, schools that discriminate on the basis of sex are not eligible for federal funding. As with all other executive orders the president has signed, groups fighting for rights are expected to take action. LGTBIQ + file legal remedies against this.
In addition, it also orders the Department of Justice ban immediately the participation of transgender girls and women in women's competitions.
The rule to prevent trans people from participating in college and university sports leagues was one of the Trump's campaign promises, in the midst of the cultural war that Republicans have been waging for some time. It is another blow to the rights of the collective, which the president has been undermining since day one of his arrival in office. Casa Blanca.
Trump's LGBTIphobic Offensive
On the first day of his presidency, Trump signed an order stating that There are only two gendersOn the eighth day, his Education deparment announced that it was opening an investigation into a school district Denver for its gender-neutral bathrooms. And on the ninth, Trump signed another order sanctioning teachers who help students make a “social transition.”
Last week he also signed a decree that established the bases for an eventual ban on trans soldiers in the militaryThe order pathologized trans people, considering their identity to be a type of mental disorder.Military service should be reserved for those who are mentally and physically fit for duty.”, the text said. Likewise, the Republican also signed on his first day an order to end the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies, including many programs aimed at LGTBIQ+ collective.
