“… The executive orders included a mix of administrative measures, such as changing government forms to include only two genders, as well as assertions dismissing the validity of gender identity entirely. A gender identity other than the one assigned at birth, an order said, “reflects a fully internal and subjective sense of self” and “does not provide a meaningful basis for identification.”
The actions also effectively shut down an array of programs and practices aimed at reversing decades of systemic inequities and discriminatory practices that have disproportionately affected Black people and other underserved communities.
Under the orders, the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Performance and Personnel Management will coordinate on changing hiring practices, ending equity-focused programs and grants and terminating “chief diversity officer” positions designated during the Biden administration. …
Mr. Trump ordered federal agencies to recognize a biological, binary definition of sex — male or female and not interchangeable. The government will also eliminate references to gender identity in policy documents, and will order that government-issued documents, including passports and visas, accurately reflect one’s biological sex.
On the first day of his presidency in 2021, Mr. Biden took an essentially opposite position,
directing agencies to include sexual orientation and gender identity in any regulations and policies covering workplace discrimination, formalizing protections for L.G.B.T.Q. workers. He extended those directions to schools and students last year.
The order also prohibits the use of federal funds for any use promoting gender ideology through grants or other government programming, as well as the use of public funding for
transition-related medical procedures in prisons. …”
The administration will take steps to roll back federal support for racial equity and protections for transgender people.
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