Gov. Braun at news conference on March 4, 2025-Courtesy Casey Smith/Indiana Capital Chronicle
INDIANAPOLIS – Two executive orders signed Tuesday by Gov. Mike Braun sought to reinforce prohibitions for collegiate transgender athletes.
The Republican governor said the orders intend to “protect women’s sports” and “make clear that Indiana does not endorse the gender ideology that has put women’s sports in danger.”
“Women’s sports creates many opportunities for young women. Allowing biological men to compete against women in female-only sports destroys those opportunities,” Braun said at a news conference. “Hoosiers overwhelmingly agree that they don’t want men competing in women’s sports.”
One of the orders requires Indiana’s Commission for Higher Education (CHE) to review policies at the state’s colleges and universities “to ensure compliance” with the state’s educational institutions must comply with the 2020 Title IX Rule, rather than former President Joe Biden’s 2024 rule that extended protections to transgender student-athletes.
CHE must complete the review by Sept. 30 and publish a written report by Dec. 31.
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