The Minnesota State High School League announced Thursday that it will continue to allow trans athletes to compete with girls despite an order banning President Donald Trump from doing so.
Trump signed an executive order of “Women's Sports No Men” on Wednesday, fulfilling one of his major campaign promises to protect biological men from girls and women's sports.
The Minnesota organization says that transgender athletes participate and eligibility are governed by the Minnesota Human Rights Act, including the protection of LGBTQ+ people and the Minnesota Constitution.
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President Donald Trump will sign an executive order preventing women and girls from competing in sporting events in Washington on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
“Like other youth sports organizations, the Minnesota State High School League is subject to state anti-discrimination laws that prohibit discrimination based on gender identity,” the organization said in a statement. “Therefore, Minnesota students are allowed to participate in consistent with their gender identity.”
Minnesota joins California ignoring Trump's executive order. The state is ruled by Tim Waltz, who was Kamala Harris' running buddy in the 2024 election. The Democrats beat the state.
The state was home to a Supreme Court case where transgender powerlifters continued fighting to compete with biological women.
Trump has signed an executive order on national girls and women on Sports Day. This celebrates female athletes in female sports and women who are committed to providing equal access to sports for all women.
President Donald Trump will sign the “No Women's Sports Men” executive order on February 5, 2025 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
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Before Trump signed the order Wednesday, White House Press Officer Caroline Leavitt said that some of the motivation behind Trump's executive orders were the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and NCAA to transgender athletes It said that it was to create a “pressure campaign” to prevent competition from women's sports.
In response to Trump's order, the NCAA has changed its policy since 2010 to prevent trans athletes from competing with women, demanding that they change its policy and compete based on birthability.
He announced the Secretary of Homeland Security at Trump's ceremony at the White House to sign an executive order Christie Noem It bans trans athletes trying to compete as women for the 2028 Olympics.
united nations The study published findings show that nearly 900 biological women have not won medals due to losing to transgender athletes.
Save Women's Sports Advisor Beth Stelzer will hold a press conference outside the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championship at Georgia Tech in Atlanta on March 17, 2022. (Brett Davis/USA TODAY SPORTS)
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the study, “Violence against women and girls in sports“According to information obtained up to March 30, more than 600 athletes said they had not won medals in more than 400 competitions in 29 sports.
Fox News' Jackson Thompson and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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