(Portland, OR) -- Local leaders are responding to President Trump's executive order banning transgender women from women's sports. Pride Northwest Executive Director Debra Porta tells KATU-2 the order was clearly intended to intimidate trans people and that, "in some ways, it's working." Porta says many trans community members are frightened and angry, with some wondering whether they should hide their trans identities until Trump is out of office. Republican state Representative Christine Drazan says she thinks it's possible to find some middle ground that allows trans women to continue competing. Trump signed the executive order yesterday, saying, quote, "From now on women's sports will be only for women." The order directs the Department of Justice and other federal agencies to interpret Title IX [[ nine ]] rules as banning transgender women and girls from participating in female sports.