President-elect Trump plans to target federal diversity and transgender support efforts in an early executive order, officials said Monday.
The latter order aims to “protect women from gender, ideology and extremism and restore biological truth to the federal government,” officials told reporters by phone.
The order would make clear that it is U.S. government policy to recognize only two genders: male and female. Officials say they are classified based on reproductive function rather than chromosomes.
References to “gender” for federal employees switch to “gender.”
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President Trump plans to target gender identity and diversity with executive orders. (Getty Images/AP)
Trump administration officials also suggested that the Biden administration's decision to offer an “X” gender passport option would be reversed, telling reporters that “the Secretary of State, the Department of Homeland Security, and all other agencies “We will ensure that official government documents, including passports and visas, are preserved.” , accurately reflects sex. ”
Other aspects of the order include preventing taxpayer funds from being used for gender reassignment surgeries and stripping the Biden administration of guidance on the use of preferred pronouns in schools.
Another order mentioned would roll back the federal government's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts.
Officials have indicated that Gender X passports will be abolished. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
Trump administration officials aim to end taxpayer funding for diversity initiatives, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture's environmental justice programs, the Treasury Department's diversity training programs, and the Federal Aviation Administration's diversity hiring efforts. An example is given.
The order would direct the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management to coordinate with various agencies to end all similar programs.
President Trump has promised to sign more than 200 executive orders within his first 24 hours, many targeting culture war issues and border security, two pillars of his White House campaign. It has become.
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Diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts will also be set back. (Djimitri Dzemidovic)
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Trump's aides have already explained to members of Congress and members of the media what many of these orders will be, indicating that he plans to waste no time once he takes office.
At a separate press conference on Monday, Trump officials said they would sign an executive order abolishing birthright citizenship and renaming the “Gulf of Mexico” the “Gulf of America.”
Fox News Digital's Brooke Singman contributed to this report
