(The Daily Signal)—A top public health official says the battle against gender ideology is not yet won despite a massive victory at the Supreme Court last week.

States and the Trump administration have succeeded lately in taking action against gender ideology. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho preventing males who identify as females from competing against women in sports. The Trump administration has also stripped Medicaid funding from hospitals that offer transgender procedures to minors, and the Department of Health and Human Services issued a report last May on the dangers of experimental transgender medical interventions referred to as “gender-affirming care.”

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Still, Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Brian Christine says the threat of gender ideology has not been extinguished.

“We haven’t won,” he told the Daily Signal in an exclusive interview. “All it takes is an election that goes the wrong way in an administration that is hostile to our children to begin backsliding.”

“We’re going to continue messaging on this,” he continued. “We’re going to continue to advocate for children when it comes to treating them appropriately, those kids who have gender dysphoria.”

Christine promised future agency action against gender ideology.

“We are not going to stop protecting kids,” Christine said. “That’s true for HHS, and I will tell you, it is absolutely 100% true for me, as the assistant secretary for health.”

Christine said the subject is extremely important to him. “HHS is 100% in line with President Trump, and I’m going to continue to fight for our kids,” he said.

Christine’s position strongly differs from that of his predecessor, Rachel Levine, a male who identified as a transgender woman. While at HHS, Levine supported “early” transgender surgeries, hormone treatment, and affirmations for kids and teens who identify as transgender, calling them “crucial” to their well-being.

“I understand that the biological differences between boys and girls, men and women, are real,” Christine said. “They’re real, they’re immutable. They absolutely make a difference. And so, when you have girls competing against boys, because even if someone says I identify as a girl, they’re genetically boys.”

Christine celebrated the Supreme Court’s women’s sports ruling.

“Having girls compete against boys simply isn’t fair,” he said. “I think this is a massive win, and I think, again, it’s part of that spectrum of wins for the administration and for the American people that include all the movement we’ve seen on gender dysphoria in minors, recognizing that using sex-rejecting procedures, castrating chemicals simply are not in the best interest of these kids.”