Congress moves to ban trans women from military academy sports

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Congress moves to ban trans women from military academy sports

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/congress-moves-to-ban-trans-women-from-military-academy-sports/ 🔗

Alex Nguyen (8 Dec 2025)

On Sunday, US lawmakers released the annual defense policy bill authorizing a record $901 billion in national defense spending in 2026. The bill was somehow $8 billion more than President Trump requested, and bans transgender women from competing in sports at military universities.

The 3,086-page bill states that the secretary of defense will ensure military academies do not permit a person "whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls." The text codifies "sex" as "a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth."

The bill has already been negotiated between Republicans and Democrats and is set to go to a House vote this week, likely leaving little room for significant changes.

But the new version does drop the ban on Defense Department funding on gender-affirming surgeries. Previous versions passed by both the House and the Senate incorporated the ban.