Donald Trump takes clear stance on transgender athlete participation in women's sports in RNC speech

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Former President Donald Trump formally accepted the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday night, the final night of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. During his more than 90-minute speech, Trump addressed several policy issues, including a hot-button topic for many Americans. 

"We will not have men playing in women’s sports, that will end immediately," Trump said, drawing a loud round of applause from the crowd. 

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Republican National Convention (RNC) after surviving an attempted assassination at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States on July 18, 2024. During a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, a lone 20-year-old gunman opened fire on Trump during the campaign rally, striking him in his right ear and critically injuring two rally goers and killing a third.  (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The topic of a ban on transgender athletes participating in women’s and girl’s sports has been one of the more hotly debated issues in American politics over the years. 

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In April, the Biden administration made major changes to Title IX in the unveiling of new rules aimed at safeguarding LGBTQ+ students and changing the ways in which sexual harassment and assault claims are adjudicated on campus. 

But noticeably missing from those changes was any policy that would prevent schools from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes competing against women. 

As it stands, at least 24 states have laws barring transgender women and girls from competing in certain women’s or girls sports