Dr. Jack Turban, director of the University of California, San Francisco's gender psychiatry program, specializes in the mental health of transgender youth and NCAA committee member on Friday after the organization complies with President Donald Trump's executive order. I resigned from the meeting.
Trump has signed an executive order to protect women's sports. The order banned biological men from competing in female and girl sports. It gave federal authorities a penalty to federally funded entities that “women and girls deprive them of opportunities for the faith movement.”
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President Donald Trump will sign an executive order in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, banning transgender female athletes from competing in female or girl sporting events. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
In response, the NCAA changed its trans inclusion policy to ban transgender athletes from women's sports entirely. Turban wrote to NCAA President Charlie Baker announcing his resignation from the NCAA Committee Committee on Competition Protection Committee and the Medical Aspects of Sports (CSMA) (CSMA).
“Unfortunately, the recent decision to issue a comprehensive ban on trans women's participation in women's sports is not consistent with medical or scientific consensus,” reads Turban's letter. “At the expense of some of our most vulnerable student-athletes, I cannot participate in the politicization of conscientious science and medicine.
“I am extremely grateful for my time at CSMA and I was impressed by the academic and medical rigor that the committee brings to ensure competitive equity and safety for student-athletes. I am particularly grateful for the opportunity to work with doctors, of their compassion and scientific expertise.
Trump touts executive order protecting biological men from women's sports
President Donald Trump will speak on Wednesday, February 5th, 2025 in the Eastern Room of the White House. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
“However, CSMA membership was not consulted prior to the decision, so it's clear that your decision is based on politics and not science.”
The NCAA announced the change the day after Trump signed the executive order.
“The NCAA is an organization consisting of 1,100 universities from all 50 states collectively registering over 50,000 student-athletes,” Baker said in a statement. “We strongly believe that clear, consistent, uniform eligibility standards will best serve today's student-athletes, rather than a patchwork of conflicting state laws and court decisions. That's why President Trump's orders. provides clear national standards.
“The updated policies combined with these resources follow the NCAA's constitutional commitment to enabling intercollegiate athletics competition and protecting, supporting and enhancing the mental and physical health of student-athletes.” Baker said. “This national standard provides much needed clarity to modernize university sports for today's student-athletes.”
Trump's executive order banned biological men from competing in women's and girls' sports. (Scott Taetsch/NCAA photo via Getty Images)
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Turban added in his Instagram post, “It's sad to see the #NCAA politicize science and medicine at the expense of some of the most vulnerable student-athletes.”
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