The executive order on “gender ideology” was announced on Trump’s first day in office, and is part of a
flurry of executive actions
targeting trans rights and LGBTQ+
education. It asserts that “sexes are not changeable” and that the US government no longer recognizes trans people. It calls for a broad rollback of anti-discrimination protections, and includes a directive that the attorney general and homeland security secretary “shall ensure males are not detained in women’s prisons or housed in women’s detention centers” and that no federal funds go to gender-affirming treatment or procedures for people in custody.