The Philadelphia School District plans to defy President Donald Trump’s executive orders allowing biologically born male athletes to compete in women’s sports. The district made the announcement earlier this week in a statement regarding its intentions,

I barely see my Hispanic friends because they are not going that often into school, they are scared of the situation,” one Philadelphia student said.

The School District of Philadelphia's stance on transgender athletes appears to directly oppose President Donald Trump's executive order, as well as a recent rule change by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association.

The decision goes against President Donald Trump's executive order and the state governing body's recent policy update.

The policy shift would apply to all school districts in the state of Pennsylvania despite contradicting state laws banning gender discrimination, as well as Title IX, which bans sex-based discrimination in education, which some lawyers argue bans anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in schools.

The Philadelphia School District has indicated that it will ignore a rule directing schools to ban transgender athletes from participating in sports that match their gender identities. The move comes after the state’s interscholastic athletics governing body changed a key policy regarding transgender athletes.