Wisconsin bans trans athletes from girls' sports, following Trump's executive order

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The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) is the latest state sports organization to capitulate to President Donald Trump's recent executive order preventing trans athletes from competing in girls' sports. 

The WIAA announced Wednesday an update to its policies that stated only athletes "designated as females at birth" would be allowed to compete in girls' sports. 

"Today the WIAA Board of Control voted to update the organization's policy regarding student-athlete eligibility – affirming its compliance with federal directives that only students designated as females at birth will be allowed to participate in girls competitions," WIAA executive director Stephanie Hauser said in a statement. "Working in consultation with legal counsel, our Board updated this policy to ensure clarity is provided to our membership as they work to comply with new federal guidance from the White House."

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Wisconsin's new policy reflects that of the NCAA, as it still allows biological athletes to participate in girls' practices, but not official competitions. 

The state had allowed transgender athlete participation in girls’ sports since 2013. 

Last April, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill that would have banned high school transgender athletes from competing on girls' sports teams. 

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Evers said in a press release when he vetoed that bill that he would veto