US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that bans transgender women from competing in female sports categories.
The order provides guidelines and regulations and involves the Department of Education to check if high schools are following the rules.
A transgender woman is someone who was born male but identifies and lives as a woman.
Republicans say this order makes sports fairer, but LGBT and human rights organisations say it is discriminatory.
The order, effective immediately, mainly affects high schools, universities, and local sports.
Some sports organisations like swimming, athletics, and golf have already banned transgender women from competing in female categories if they went through male puberty.
Trump said this order would also apply to the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and that transgender athletes would not be allowed to compete. He plans to deny visas to transgender athletes trying to enter the US for the LA Games.
Trump said the order ends the “war on women’s sports” and that his administration would not allow “men” to compete against female athletes.
The National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), the governing body for college sports in the US, also banned transgender women from competing in women’s sports.
This change happened right after Trump signed the executive order. The NCAA used to allow transgender women to compete if they met certain testosterone limits.

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US President Trump signed a law stopping transgender women from playing female sports. He wants to make sports fairer. Some people think this law is unfair. It affects schools and local sports. Some sports groups have already stopped transgender women from playing. Trump also said it will apply to the 2028 Olympics in LA and that transgender athletes can't compete. He doesn't want "men" to play against women. The NCAA also changed its rules because of this law. They used to let transgender women play if they met certain rules but not anymore.

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