MADISON, Wis. – The agency that regulates Wisconsin high school sports ruled to prohibit transgender girls from girls sports. Stephanie executive director of the interscholastic activities board, said he ruling follows an executive order signed by President Trump two weeks ago — even though Trump has no direct control over high school athletics. Hauser was unspecific about gender policing: Who will administer gonad examinations: Coaches? Principals? Teammates? PTA committees? The new state policy reverses the agency’s own 2013 directive that athletic eligibility constituted illegal sex discrimination. Hauser noted that the new policy allows transgender girls to play boys sports.
Other states
Since 2020, 25 states have passed legislation banning transgender girls or all transgender youth from participating in teams that align with their gender identity. Wisconsin now has joined Alaska and Virginia as states to prohibit transgender participation in sports even though state law has no such ban. In 2024 Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers vetoed a Republican proposal to forbidden transgender high schoolers from aligning with their gender identity.