Women’s sports: US Justice Ministry is suing Maine in the dispute over transgender

The US Ministry of Justice has sued the state of Maine in a dispute over trans people in women’s sports. Maine discriminates against women by dismissing it to protect women in women’s sports, said Justice Minister Pam Bondi.

US President Donald Trump signed a decree in February that is intended to exclude trans people from participating in women’s sports, especially at public schools and universities. “The war against women’s sports has ended with this decree,” he explained at the time. States that did not stick to it would have to expect federal funds to be deleted.

The democratic governor Janet Mills accused Trump in a first reaction that he is not concerned with school sports or the protection of women and girls. The Trump government is concerned with enforcing their will to states. For two months, the Maine government has been attacking with consequences for school children, hard -working fishermen, seniors or young parents. “Today is said to be a warning for all states: Maine may be one of the first to pull the Federal Government’s anger in this way, but we won’t be the last.”

Trump had explicitly asked Governor Mills in February at a meeting with representatives of the states of the states whether she would join the decree and threatened that he would otherwise shorten federal funds. At the time, the “New York Times” had reported that in one of the few moments when a democrat opened against Trump, Mills had just been answered: “See you in court”.

Trans people or transgender are people who do not identify with the gender attributed to their birth. Trump refuses that trans women who were born with a biologically male body take part in women’s sports.