U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday effectively banning transgender girls and women from participating in female sports events in schools and colleges, a White House official said.

President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order barring trans athletes from participating on teams corresponding with their identities.

The president is expected to sign the executive order Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter.

The new reported executive order by Trump would coincide with National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Wednesday.

"There’s some high school teams in this country – in blue states – are totally biological boys? It is a disgrace, it is a disgrace what’s going on."

Republican lawmakers are stepping up their efforts to ban transgender athletes from competing in women's sports in Georgia.

President Donald Trump reportedly is poised to issue an executive order on Wednesday that would ban transgender girls from participating in female sports in schools and colleges. Trump, who says it’s unfair to let “biological men” compete in women’s and girls sports,