School district will ignore Trump executive order banning trans athletes from competing in women’s sports

The Philadelphia school district will reportedly ignore a rule directing schools to ban transgender athletes from participating in sports that match their gender identities, according to reporting from the Philadelphia Inquirer.

The school district “strives to ensure safety, equity and justice for all students regardless of gender identity or gender expression so that they can imagine and realize any future they desire”, a spokesperson, Christina Clark, said in a statement on Tuesday to the Inquirer.