President Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office that rescinds pro-gender identity policies from the Biden administration,…
A new executive order signed by President Trump rescinds pro-gender identity policies under the Biden administration as it declares the new administration recognizes only two sexes.
“It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female,” the executive order reads. “These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality. Under my direction, the Executive Branch will enforce all sex-protective laws to promote this reality.”
Trump signed it on his first day in office, fulfilling a promise he made during the campaign. It is titled plainly: “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government.”
The executive order defines “men,” “women,” “male,” and “female” according to biology and orders agencies within the federal government to take “appropriate action to ensure that intimate spaces designated for women, girls, or females (or for men, boys, or males) are designated by sex and not identity.”
It also orders his staff to write a proposed bill to Congress to “codify the definitions in this order” — a crucial step for supporters, as executive orders can be overturned by future administrations.
“Across the country, ideologues who deny the biological reality of sex have increasingly used legal and other socially coercive means to permit men to self-identify as women and gain access to intimate single-sex spaces and activities designed for women, from women’s domestic abuse shelters to women’s workplace showers,” the text reads. “This is w
