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Trump signs executive order recognizing only two sexes

Headline from The Hill, from the development of Jan 20, 2025

Newest development Jan 23, 2025 · 4 reportsHow Trump's new order challenges gender identity in the US

President Trump signed a sweeping executive order Monday during his first hours in office recognizing only two sexes, male and female, and directing federal agencies to cease promotion of the concept of gender transition.

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    Trump signs executive order recognizing only two sexes

    Headline from The Hill ·

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    How Trump's new order challenges gender identity in the US

    Headline from WMUR ·

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  1. New York Post

    Trump to issue executive order defining sex as ‘male and female’: ‘These are sexes that are not changeable’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    President Trump will on his first day in office Monday issue an order defining a person's sex as "male or female" — requiring government agencies to use the "immutable" designation on forms and IDs while also ordering changes to federal prison policies that govern transgender inmates.

  2. Legal Insurrection

    Trump Will Issue Executive Order Recognizing Male and Female Differences (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Legal Insurrection's feed description

    "The Executive Order establishes Government-wide the biological reality of two sexes and clearly defines male and female."

  3. The Federalist

    Trump Executive Order Recognizes Men And Women Are Different (opens The Federalist)

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    The Federalist's feed description

    'If federal policies promote such an obvious falsehood that men can become women, the government will forfeit all credibility.'

  4. NBC News

    Trump to sign executive orders proclaiming there are only two biological sexes, halting diversity programs (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign executive orders proclaiming that the U.S. government will recognize only two sexes, male and female, and ending “radical and wasteful” diversity, equity and inclusion programs inside federal agencies.

  5. The Hill

    Trump to issue executive orders defining sexes, ending DEI practices in government (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    President-elect Trump intends to issue executive orders that will recognize only two sexes and aim to end DEI practices in the federal government, according to incoming White House officials.

  6. Washington Examiner

    Trump signs order abolishing ‘gender ideology’ in federal policy (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    President Donald Trump signed an executive order replacing all policies based on gender identity with biological sex based on reproductive characteristics.

  7. Los Angeles Times

    Trump orders federal agencies to recognize only two sexes that are 'not changeable' (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    President Trump signed executive orders Monday asserting that the U.S. government recognizes only two sexes that are "not changeable," and reversing Biden administration directives on LGBTQ+ rights.

  8. The Hill

    Five takeaways on Trump’s executive actions on gender (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    President Trump signed a sweeping executive order late Monday during his first hours in office recognizing only two sexes and preventing government dollars from being spent on what his administration called “gender ideology.

  9. The Hill

    Trump signs executive order recognizing only two sexes (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    President Trump signed a sweeping executive order Monday during his first hours in office recognizing only two sexes, male and female, and directing federal agencies to cease promotion of the concept of gender transition.

  10. NBC New York

    Trump signs executive orders proclaiming only two biological sexes, halting diversity programs (opens NBC New York)

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    NBC New York's feed description

    President Donald Trump on Monday signed executive orders specifying the U.S. government will recognize only two sexes, male and female.

  11. Black Enterprise

    Trump Signs Executive Order Recognizing Only Sex, Not Gender; Also Ends Federal DEI Programs (opens Black Enterprise)

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    Black Enterprise's feed description

    In his first day of office, President Donald Trump signed multiple executive orders sweeping previously nestablished DEI efforts.

  12. Townhall

  13. Bangor Daily News

    What to know about President Donald Trump's order targeting the rights of transgender people (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    Bangor Daily News's feed description

    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

  14. WMUR

    How Trump's new order challenges gender identity in the US (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    One of President Donald Trump's executive orders offers a new federal government definition of the sexes that could have a major impact on transgender people. Here's a look at how.

  15. Green Field Reporter

    What to know about President Donald Trump's order targeting the rights of transgender people - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    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. The order calls for the federal government to define sex as only male or female and for that to be…

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