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Former Uswnt Megan Rapinoe star He pointed to the executive order of President Donald Trump that effectively prohibits the transgender athletes of girls and women’s sports, calling the “cruel and depraved” law.
In a recent interview published in the World Magazine, Rapinoe raised concerns about Trump’s rhetoric around trans people, specifically athletes.
Megan Rapinoe, #15 of the United States team, aligns before the women’s football group between the United States and Australia during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Kashima Stadium on July 27, 2021 in Kashima, Japan. (Hector Vivas – FIFA/FIFA via getty images)
The interview was conducted the day after Trump signed the “Keep men out of female sports” Executive last month.
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“Do not tell me that it is about the rights of women’s sports,” Rapinoe said. “That is totally false to say that. I think it’s really cruel. You know, if you withdraw everything, it’s a bit cruel and depraved. This is not a problem, and you can’t be able to execute trans people of existence.”
“We just went through a very long period for ten years that they really need to fight only to reach a baseline of, such as equal rights and non -discriminatory behavior, and when people stop knowing women’s sports. I think we are at that time.”
The Executive Order requires that the entities that receive federal funds align with title IX, which the Trump administration changed last month to recognize protections on the basis of biological sex, undoing the rewriting of former President Joe Biden 2024.
President Donald Trump, together with women athletes, signs the executive order of “No Men in Women’s Sports” in the East Room of the White House on February 5, 2025 in Washington, DC (Andrew Harnik/Getty images)
Rapinoe, one of Trump’s most open criticism, said in November that he was afraid of the Trans community continuing Trump’s electoral victory.
“I feel overwhelmed by the reality that is going to be a presidency of Trump, which we have seen before, so I do not feel that I am saying anything new, but the reality in which, as something crazy, it could happen any day. I think that is really overwhelming,” said Rapinoe at that time in his podcast, “one more touch.”
“I think I feel, not so much personally scared, because I think we live in very progressive places, we are incredibly privileged in our place in the world and life and financially and all these things, but I think that fear extends only to people in general who will really be affected,” he continued. I am thinking of all my trans friends and people I know and trans children. I am thinking about the potential of mass deportations if that will happen, and like the general chaos that will be sown is really overwhelming. “
The forward Reign Megan Rapinoe, #15, speaks with the media after the 2023 NWSL Championship match against the New Jersey/New York Gotham FC at the Snapdragon Stadium. (Orlando Ramirez-USA Today Sports)
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Rapinoe’s interview concluded Monday with urging other athletes to use their platforms to speak.
“There are so many ways in which we can grow and encode a lasting change,” he said. “And always encouragement to players specifically to participate and use their voice. Players, in reality, are always the most powerful people in sports.”
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