President Trump signed a sweeping executive order Monday, in his first hours in office, recognizing only two genders, male and female, and directing federal agencies to stop promoting the concept of gender transition. .
The order, signed by President Trump from the Oval Office, echoes a broader campaign promise to rid the nation of what he calls “transgender insanity” and reverse diversity and inclusion efforts put in place by the Biden administration. It's part of the process.
“As of today, it is the official policy of the United States government going forward that there are only two genders: male and female,” President Trump said in his inaugural address on Monday.
of presidential orderThe law, which promises to protect women from “gender ideology” and restore “biological truth to the federal government,” defines men and women by reproductive function, not physical or chromosomal differences. , which government officials said was done intentionally.
“Chromosomes define your gender, but the duality of sex, and the reason you and I are here, is deeper than that. To perpetuate the species, we have large and small reproductive cells. are working together in a binary function,” the official said.
According to the order, federal agencies must use the term “sex” instead of “gender” and remove statements, policies and communications that “promote gender ideology.” Agencies must enable the mandate definition when applying statutes, regulations, and guidance.
The order also prohibits transgender and gender nonconforming Americans from self-selecting their gender on official government documents such as visas and passports, although this is optional. first available In 2021, the State Department issued the first U.S. passports with an “unspecified” gender mark, indicated by a single letter X, in 2022.
Vice President Vance introduced a Senate bill in 2023, his first year in office, that would have prevented government documents from containing more than one gender indicator.
Monday's order also directs the next Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security to restrict the participation of transgender people in federally funded same-sex facilities that are most appropriate for their gender identity, such as prisons, immigrant housing, and domestic violence shelters. It is ordered to be prohibited. The order directs the Bureau of Prisons to stop using federal funds for gender-affirming care, which several incarcerated transgender people have successfully challenged in court. .
Administration officials told reporters Monday that the executive order means “no longer will” be Easter, Transgender Visibility Day, which has been celebrated on March 31 every year since 2009. Ta. Trans Visibility Day was established on March 31 last year, and Republicans, including President Trump, were furious and said they would call Election Day “Christian Visibility Day.”
President Trump's executive order also directed the attorney general to the 2020 Supreme Court case in Bostock v. Clayton County, which held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects workers from discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexuality. order to provide guidance on how the decision will affect the court. Other federal laws also apply.
The Biden administration used the ruling to uphold its interpretation of Title IX, which extends protections to transgender students, and several other laws addressing discrimination. A federal judge this month rejected the Biden administration's changes to Title IX, ruling that they relied in part on an incorrect interpretation of the Supreme Court's Bostock decision.
Monday's order also blocks requirements that transgender people be referred to by pronouns consistent with their gender identity in government facilities and workplaces, which President Trump and administration officials have said violates the U.S. Constitution's Amendment. They claim that it violates Article 1 of freedom of speech and religion.
The cult's language reflects the main conservative argument about sex and gender: that the two are indistinguishable and cannot be changed. in 2023 letter “Biology determines gender, not subjective beliefs,” Vance and newly appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote to U.S. Census Director Robert Santos.
Government agencies “should not lend credibility or official weight to false concepts like gender identity,” the senators wrote at the time.
During his campaign, Trump praised the inclusion of transgender women in the Miss Universe pageant, but repeatedly insisted that the concept of gender transition didn't exist until very recently. Already in 2012.
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump he said he disagreed North Carolina law prohibits transgender people from using public restrooms that match their gender identity. told Time magazine In December, he argued that the nation should focus on more pressing issues.
Monday's executive order does not explicitly mention access to gender-affirming care. Gender-affirming care is an umbrella term that refers to a wide range of interventions to support individuals whose gender identity does not match their birth sex. President Trump has promised to ban transition-related care for minors and impose harsh penalties on individuals and institutions that provide care to children and youth under 18.
government official told the free press Late Sunday, the order was announced as “the first of many” focused on transgender rights.
“Everything the president has said he's going to do on these issues, we expect him to follow through on those promises,” the official said.
In addition to his own orders, President Trump on Monday rescinded 78 of former President Joe Biden's executive orders, including stronger nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ Americans and allowing transgender people to serve openly in the military. President Trump banned transgender soldiers from military service in 2017 through a series of social media posts.
Some House Democrats are trying to block a new transgender military ban in a bill that would be nearly impossible to pass in the Republican-controlled Congress. House Republicans last week passed a bill that would ban transgender student-athletes from competing on women's sports teams, another goal of the new administration.
President Trump's executive order will likely face legal challenges in the coming months and years. ACLU is pledged Take the regime to court “wherever possible.”
ACLU attorney Chase Strangio, who became the first transgender person to argue before the Supreme Court last month, wrote: in an instagram post Trump's order “does not and cannot change the law,” he said.
Kelly Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBTQ advocacy group, said Monday's executive order and other planned executive orders “have no purpose other than to hurt our families and communities.” He stressed that it would not take effect immediately.
“Our communities have fought for decades to ensure that our relationships are respected in the workplace, our identities accepted in schools, and our service honored in the military. “Any attack on our rights threatens the rights of people who don't fit into our narrow vision of what we should look like and how we should act,” Robinson said in a statement. “The incoming administration is trying to divide our communities in hopes that we will forget what makes us strong. But we will refuse to back down or be intimidated. Masu.”
Janson Wu, senior director of national advocacy and government affairs at The Trevor Project, an LGBTQ youth suicide prevention organization, said Trump's executive order is particularly “harmful” to young people.
“We know that many people are feeling fearful or even confused about what certain actions today and in the coming days will mean for our community,” Wu said. spoke. “I want to remind everyone that we are ready for whatever comes next, and we will continue to protect and care for each other now, just as we always have.”
