With Trump proclaiming the U.S. will recognize two sexes, male and female, there are a host of implications for trans and nonbinary people.
President Donald Trump’s rescission of executive orders protecting LGBTQ+ individuals in the federal workforce jeopardizes future coverage of gender-affirming care in federal health plans, though advocates say denying care would violate anti-discrimination laws.
An executive order President Donald Trump signed on his first day back in office offers a new federal government definition of the sexes that could have a major impact on transgender people nationwide.
President Trump issued an executive order declaring that the U.S. government would only recognize a person’s sex assigned at birth.
Few trans people receive gender-affirming housing and care in the federal prison system. This executive order would make it even harder.
U.S. citizens have been able to select "X" as their gender, to signify an "unspecified or another gender identity" since 2022. People could do this without their "X" marker needing to match the gender listed on their citizenship, identification or medical documents.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered a hold to be placed on all passport applications that contain an “X” gender marker. The move comes after President Donald Trump earlier this week issued an executive order saying that the federal government from now on recognizes just two genders, male and female.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to restrict gender-affirming care for people under the age of 19.
Six transgender ... GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) brought the suit on behalf of the plaintiffs and are the same groups who fought the military ban on trans people during Trump ...
This could include putting trans subject matter in lesson plans, having policies that ensure teachers use trans kids’ correct pronouns, or allowing them to use bathrooms aligned with their gender identities.