Guam attorney general Doug Moylan is warning the Guam Education Board that millions in federal funding is at risk if they don’t take action to heed President Donald Trump’s executive order targetting transgender athletes. 

Moylan says any jurisdiction that does not adhere to Trump’s “No Men In Women’s Sports” directive would lose U.S. Department of Education funding.  Of Guam DOE's $418.9 million budget, $170.5 million is dependant on federal dollars. 

AG Moylan told KUAM News, "The White House had a meeting of attorney generals pursuant to the second executive order... [where US] Attorney General Pam Bondi met with the attorney generals of the United States to inform them of the president’s executive order

 

and the consequences if that executive order is not followed. There were 27 states that appeared and Guam was the only territory that appeared. We basically listened to the parameters of the executive order."

Moylan says it’s in Guam’s best interest not to stand in the way of Trump’s order and recommends the board to make their stance clear with a resolution. 

"In order to preserve the dwindling federal funds," he said, "my recommendation is a resolution discussed and passed by the board sent to potentially the white house, the president, to the US Department of Education’s secretary, to the Department of Defense, as well as the Department of the Interior and the Department of Gustice."

The Interscholastic Sports Association constitution’s transgender guidance states that athletes will be determined by sex at birth for all sports, according to GEB chairman angel Sablan.  But it doesn’t necessarily ban them. 

Moylan will be reviewing the constitution to ensure it is inline with the order and will advise the board before their April 1 meeting.