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The bill prioritizes preserving single-sex female athletic categories and legal clarity by using binary biological definitions, but does so by excluding transgender women from female sports—creating rights concerns, disrupting student participation, and inviting legal and administrative costs.
Cisgender female athletes and women: preserves female-designated amateur sports by excluding individuals defined as male, aiming to maintain single-sex competitive categories and perceived fairness.
Sports organizations and government bodies: provides clear statutory definitions of 'male', 'female', and 'sex' to guide enforcement and reduce ambiguity when applying Title 36 athletic designations.
Transgender women (individuals assigned male at birth who identify as female): are barred from participating in female-designated amateur sports, restricting their access and raising concerns about discrimination against LGBTQ people.
Students: may be forced out of school or community sports teams, disrupting participation, team cohesion, athletic development, and related educational opportunities.
Sports organizations, schools, and government agencies: could face legal challenges, litigation costs, and additional administrative burdens to implement and enforce binary biological criteria.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Defines "male," "female," and "sex" in federal law and bars persons whose sex is male from competing in amateur athletic events designated for females, women, or girls.
Defines “female,” “male,” and “sex” in federal law and bars any person whose sex is male from taking part in amateur athletic competitions that are designated for females, women, or girls. The change is limited to adding those definitions and the participation ban; it does not provide funding, enforcement mechanisms, or implementation timelines.
Introduced February 5, 2025 by W. Greg Steube · Last progress February 5, 2025