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Maine Universities Back Down on Transgender Athletes After Trump Administration Halts Funding

On Wednesday, the University of Maine System (UMS) agreed to enact bans on so-called “transgender athletes” after an executive order by President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw federal funding from any universities that allow such participation.

Fox News reports that the agreement was announced in a statement by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Wednesday, as the USDA had been providing funding to the university system. The UMS consists of eight public universities in the state of Maine, and were among the public education systems that saw a temporary halt in federal funding as a result of their inclusion of biologically male athletes on female sports teams. Funding was subsequently restored to UMS due to its compliance with the order.

“After the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) initiated a Title IX compliance review regarding federal funding, the University of Maine System (UMaine) has clearly communicated its compliance with Title IX’s requirement to protect equal opportunities for women and girls to compete in safe and fair sports, as articulated in President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order,” said the USDA in its statement. “Any false claim by the UMaine can, and will, result in onerous and even potentially criminal financial liability.”

In a separate statement, UMS Chancellor Dannel Malloy said that he was “relieved”