Department of Education Investigates High School Sports’ Transgender Policies

Sophia Lorey, outreach director of California Family Council, speaks at a press conference by the "Save Girls' Sports CA Coalition" at Long Beach, Calif., on Feb. 7, 2025. The group called on California Interscholastic Federation to follow President Donald Trump's executive order banning males from girls' sports. Courtesy of Alyssa Cruz

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on Wednesday announced investigations of two high school sports governance bodies for their transgender policies, after President Donald Trump’s recent executive order banning male athletes from female sports.

Trump signed the executive order titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports“ on Feb. 5 to prevent men and boys from competing in women’s and girls’ sports and using female locker rooms.