Oregon leaders and athletes react to Trump order on transgender sports participation

President Donald Trump’s executive order called "Keeping Men out of Women’s Sports" threatens "to rescind all funds from educational programs" that let transgender girls and women play on girls’ and women’s sports teams.

The Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA), which makes policies for sports teams in schools across the state, is figuring out what this will look like locally. The association’s current policy is to allow transgender girls on girls’ sports teams, because Oregon law prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation, which includes gender identity.

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