USA Volleyball complies with Trump's executive order, bans trans athletes from girls' and women's competition
The US Volleyball (USAV) has become the last organization that changed the policy of compliance to make itself compatible. President Donald Trump‘Transsexual athletes aimed to prevent the competition in girls and to carry out women’s sports.
The latest policy change that entered into force immediately, all USAV members “as a member of the gender appointed during birth on the date of birth, is expected to participate or compete in all USAV -approved events or activities.”
Change effectively prohibits transsexual athletes from competition. US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) quietly updated its guidance on Monday to ask all national sports management bodies to be in accordance with the executive order of the president.
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“We have an obligation to comply with federal expectations as a federal organization,” USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland and President Gene Sykes said. “Our revised policy emphasizes the importance of providing fair and safe competitive environments for women.
US fencing This week, it was one of the first organizations that announced that it updated the policy of gender to comply with USOPC’s new guidance. USAV followed the case on Thursday and added that the organization of the change “adapted” with federal laws.
USAV’s previous gender compliance policy for the 2024-2025 season, “the majority of the athletes are expected to compete as a member of the gender appointed on the date of birth.” However, transsexual athletes were allowed to compete in USAV -approved events if they meet certain criteria.
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This requirement list included USAV’s informing at least six weeks before competition, “Another explanation, including medical records from a doctor who treats a gender in the face of their births”, and laboratory reports of testosterone levels for any athlete over the age of 13.
For the last need, male appointed athletes who wanted to compete in women’s events had to prove that testosterone levels did not exceed the “upper limit of the normal female reference range for age groups”. For adults over the age of 18, testosterone levels will be “less than 10 nmol/L at least 1 year ago” before competition or event.
The new policy change certainly limits athletes with gender -compatible competitions in original birth certificates. It will be valid for all USAV approved activities in the USA
The President signed the executive order on February 5 “Keeping men away from women’s sports”. Since then, several sports management organs took action to comply with the Federal law. . Ncaaa It was to declare a policy change one day after Trump signed the order.
Following a month of investigation, the University of Pennsylvania also changed and at least 24 states applied legislation that banned transsexual athletes from girls and women’s sports.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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