Additional guidance following a Jan. 20 executive order on gender identity, including that order’s impact on federal regulations governing sex- and gender-based discrimination and harassment, including Title IX, is not expected until March. Meanwhile, a Feb. 5 executive order changing Title IX interpretation to bar transgender athletes from competing on girls’ and women’s K-12 and college sports teams was followed on Feb. 6 by a change in NCAA policy to align with that order.
A Jan. 28 executive order barring certain gender-affirming care for individuals under age 19 will also be followed by additional federal regulatory actions and guidance this winter. A temporary restraining order issued Feb. 14 blocked implementation of the executive order in Washington, Oregon and Minnesota, and its effects were extended Feb. 28 when a federal judge in Seattle issued a preliminary injunction and added Colorado to the states where that injunction is in effect. A federal judge in Baltimore also blocked implementation of the executive order nationwide via a preliminary injunction issued March 4.