Overview

• In an Oval Office meeting on June 18, President Trump asked Juventus FC players if a transgender woman could make their team and pressed GM Damien Comolli for an answer
• His February 5 executive order bars transgender women from women’s sports and led the NCAA to limit female categories to biological females
• The administration is defending the policy in lawsuits against Maine and facing a suit from Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison
• On the same day as the White House exchange, the US Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors
• A New York Times/Ipsos survey found that 79 percent of Americans oppose allowing transgender women to compete in women’s sports