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The bill enforces single-sex sports based on birth-assigned sex to protect cisgender female competition and give schools a clear rule, at the cost of excluding transgender women, risking student mental-health harms, legal challenges, and increased institutional burdens.
Female athletes in schools and colleges would be protected from competing against individuals designated male at birth, preserving single-sex competition based on birth-assigned biology.
Schools and colleges that receive federal funds would have a clear, uniform rule prohibiting males from competing in women’s sports, simplifying compliance decisions for athletics administrators.
Transgender women would be barred from women’s sports, removing their ability to participate consistent with their gender identity.
Schools and colleges could face legal challenges, administrative burdens, and potential loss of federal funding if accused of noncompliance, exposing institutions to costly litigation and financial risk.
Transgender students excluded from women’s athletics could experience harms to mental health, social inclusion, and educational opportunities.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Adds a Title IX rule banning anyone sexed male at birth from participating in athletic programs designated for women or girls and defines sex by birth biology/genetics.
Prohibits any recipient of Federal funds that operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs from allowing a person whose sex is male to participate in athletic programs designated for women or girls. It defines “sex” for this rule as the reproductive biology and genetics a person is assigned at birth and applies that definition solely for enforcement under this Title IX subsection. The change creates a categorical, birth-assigned definition of sex for covered athletics programs and makes participation of males in women’s or girls’ teams a Title IX violation for all entities that receive federal funds and run or support athletic programs.
Official title: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
Introduced January 7, 2025 by Thomas Hawley Tuberville · Last progress January 7, 2025