White House officials have announced Donald Trump will sign an executive order today reversing protections for transgender people declaring that the U.S. government will recognize only two sexes, male and female. The executive order will also end DEI programs and require the federal government to use the term “sex” instead of “gender.”
President Trump will sign executive orders Monday to roll back protections for transgender people and end federal government diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
The order on gender says the government will recognize only two sexes: male and female. https://t.co/uQGMlDYQLH — The Associated Press (@AP) January 20, 2025
Via AP News:
One order would declare that the federal government would recognize only two immutable sexes: male and female. The definition will be based on whether people are born with eggs or sperm, rather than on their chromosomes.
Under the order, federal prisons and shelters for migrants and rape victims would be segregated by sex as defined by the order.
In other words, trans women currently serving time in women’s prisons could be moved to male prisons in the near future. The State Department and the Department of Homeland Security will be directed to “ensure that official government documents, including passports and visas, reflect sex accurately.” One legal expert told NBC News that trans Americans — especially those who have X as their gender marker on passports – could have challenges re-entering the United States and could even be held in detention by border agents. Related: Trump Proposes Defining Trans People Out Of Existence Jennifer C. Pizer, the chief legal officer at Lambda Legal, said she expects her organization and others to file lawsuits against the administration over the executive actions.
President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign executive orders proclaiming that the U.S. government will recognize only two sexes, male and female, and ending “radical and wasteful” diversity, equity and inclusion programs inside federal agencies. https://t.co/FGJ5pFrOac
— NBC Out (@NBCOUT) January 20, 2025
I am not a man. Evan Urquhart is not a woman. No matter what Trump’s government said.
So much of what Trump wants to do targeting trans people will depend on cisgender people to enforce his policies and police our bodies and spaces we exist in. So much can be stopped by people refusing to do so. [image or embed] — Erin Reed (@erininthemorning.com) January 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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