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   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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   forward to America being great again.   
      
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