A coalition of women’s organizations has called on President-elect Donald Trump to demand that the NCAA change its policies regarding trans athletes in women’s sports.

Our Bodies, Our Sports, the first and only coalition of women’s organizations fighting for justice in women’s sports in the country, issued a letter to the president-elect requesting that he use his influence to get the NCAA to act “for to protect the rights and opportunities of collegiate female athletes,” a press release read.

“We are now writing to ask you to also use your powerful voice to urge the NCAA to act and clarify rules of participation to protect the rights and opportunities of female athletes,” the letter read in part.

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“The NCAA’s controversial and unscientific transgender student-athlete participation policy continues to allow men to participate in women’s sports — removing women’s opportunities to compete, roster spots on teams, medals and safe and fair competition,” the release read.

This letter to the president-elect comes ahead of the 2025 NCAA Convention, which will take place from 14-17 January in Nashville, Tennessee. The week is full of topics, forums, business meetings and award ceremonies.

The letter also comes after a federal judge blocked the Biden administration’s attempt to redefine sex in Title IX as “gender identity,” striking it down nationwide.

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The decision came in the US District Court Eastern District of Kentucky Northern Division in Cardona v. Tennessee Tuesday.

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti celebrated the ruling with a post on X. “Another massive win for TN and the country!” post read. “This morning, a federal court ruled in our favor, vacating the Biden administration’s radical new Title IX rule nationwide.

“The court’s ruling is a resounding victory for the protection of girls’ privacy in locker rooms and showers and for the freedom to speak biologically accurate pronouns.”

The NCAA logo is displayed at center court as work continues at The Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh for the NCAA college basketball tournament on March 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

The Supreme Court previously rejected the Biden administration’s emergency request to enforce parts of a new rule that would have included protections against discrimination against transgender students under Title IX.

As for the NCAA’s current policy on transgender participation, it allows trans athletes to play in a “sport-by-sport approach” that “preserves opportunity for transgender student-athletes while balancing fairness, inclusion and safety for all who compete.” The governing body says its policy aligns with “the Olympic movement”.

Part of the NCAA’s policy requires transgender student-athletes to provide documentation that meets the 2010 NCAA policy, plus meet the sports standard for documented testosterone levels at three times: prior to regular-season competition, prior to the first NCAA Championship contest, and prior for any competition in the “non-championship segment.”

Our Bodies, Our Sports consists of the following member organizations: Independent Women’s Forum, Independent Council on Women’s Sports, Women’s Declaration International USA, Champion Women, International Consortium on Female Sport, Concerned Women for America, Women’s Liberation Front, Independent Women’s Law Center, Young Women for America, Independent Women’s Voice and Independent Women’s Network.

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

“We stand together in honor of the generations of women who came before us and in defense of all the women and girls who will come next,” the letter to Trump concludes. “We ask for your help in demanding that the NCAA finally act to restore fairness and opportunity in collegiate sports, and we thank you for standing with us.”