"This order ends the war on women's sports," President Trump said, signing the text to applause from dozens of female athletes
True to what he promised before the elections, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning transgender athletes from participating in women's sports competitions, calling for an end to the war on women's sports.
Eva Metis Koutoumanou
With an executive order banning transgender athletes from competing in women's sports events, President Trump ended controversy between those who argued that athletes who were born male but changed gender could compete in the women's category and those who opposed it, including many female athletes, who considered it unfair to compete against people who had male hormones and as a result had more power than the their nature.
The most famous examples are that of American transgender swimmer Leah Thomas, who was eventually disqualified from the Paris Olympics after losing a court battle with the World Aquatics Federation.
And the hermaphrodite (intersex, as the new term is) Algerian boxer Iman Keliff, who knocked out her Italian opponent in the first fight in the first seconds and caused a storm of reactions and sparked countless debates about whether or not she should fight in the women's category.
The position of US President Trump is shared - in addition to billionaire Elon Musk - by personalities of the political, artistic and business world, such as the famous author of Harry Potter J. Rowling, who also faced threats of a lawsuit from the Algerian boxer's lawyer.
On the other hand, opponents of this position speak of a new attack against the LGBTQ+ community that has been targeted since his return to the White House, the American President.
"This order ends the war on women's sports," President Trump said, signing the text to applause from dozens of female athletes of all ages.
