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https://apnews.com/article/trump-sex-gender-transgender-dei-order- 245350b97e0c4dcc221fefc49ef44699
President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday rolling back
protections for transgender people and terminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government in what he described in
his inauguration speech as a move to end efforts to “socially engineer
race and gender into every aspect of public and private life.”
Both are major shifts for the federal policy and are in line with Trump’s campaign promises.
One order declares 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. The change is being pitched as a way to protect women from “gender extremism.”
Conservative groups such as the American Family Association are praising
the change as one that acknowledges the truth. But experts including the American Medical Association and American Psychiatric Association hold
that gender is a spectrum, not a binary structure consisting only of males
and females.
Under the order, federal prisons and shelters for migrants and rape
victims are to be segregated by sex as defined by the order.
And federal taxpayer money could not be used to fund “transition
services.” A small number of federal prison inmates have had gender-
affirming surgery and more have had treatments such as hormone therapy
paid for with federal funds.
Medicaid in some states covers such treatments, but judges put on hold a
Biden administration rule that would have extended that nationally.
The order would also block requirements at government facilities and at workplaces that transgender people be referred to using the pronouns that
align with their gender. Trump’s team says those requirements violate the
First Amendment’s freedom of speech and religion.
The order does not issue a nationwide mandate on which bathrooms
transgender people can use or which sports competitions they can join,
though many states have passed laws on those areas.
Civil rights groups were preparing to challenge Trump’s orders.
“We are not going anywhere,” Human Rights Campaign President Kelley
Robinson said in a statement, “and we will fight back against these
harmful provisions with everything we’ve got.”
Trump also revoked protections for transgender military personnel that
former President Joe Biden had signed. There are an estimated 9,000 to
14,000 transgender troops.
A separate order aims to halt federal agencies’ DEI programs.
Conservatives have long condemned them, arguing they violate the
Constitution by using preferences based on race, gender and sexual
orientation. Trump got big cheers at a rally in Washington on Sunday when
he said he’d end DEI requirements from the military and schools. The order
does not directly address what schools do, though.
Trump officials said it’s fitting the order is being delivered on Martin
Luther King Jr. Day, as it aims to return to the idea that one day all Americans can be treated on the basis of their character and not by the
color of their skin.
Trump referred to that in his inauguration speech Monday, saying: “We will strive together to make his dream a reality. We will make his dream come
true.” He later added: “We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based.”
Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and
Human Rights, said Trump’s policies are a step backward. “Dr. King had a
dream, and this is his nightmare: the rollback of the work of our civil
and human rights coalition over the past 75 years,” she said in a
statement.
The purpose of the DEI plans was to foster equitable environments in
businesses and schools, especially for historically marginalized
communities. While researchers say that DEI initiatives stem back to the
1960s, more were launched and expanded in 2020 during increased calls for racial justice.
Businesses, including Walmart, McDonalds, and Meta, have already rolled
back their diversity policies since the 2024 election.
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November 5, 2024 - Congratulations President Donald Trump. We look
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The disease known as Kamala Harris has been effectively treated and
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