It would require federal departments to recognize gender as amale-female binary only (determined bybiological sexassigned at conception), replace all instances of "gender" with "sex" in materials, cease all funding forgender-affirming care, cease allowinggender self-identification on federal documents such as passports, cease the funding or promotion of "gender ideology", cease the application ofBostock v. Clayton County as to provideTitle VII protection based on gender identity in federal activities and prohibit transgender people from using single-sex federally funded facilities congruent with their gender.
28 – President of the United StatesDonald Trump signs an executive order entitled "Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation". According to the New York Times, the executive order takes steps "to end gender-affirming medical treatments for children and teenagers under 19, directing agencies to take a variety of steps to curtail surgeries, hormone therapy and other regimens."[10]
29 – President of the United StatesDonald Trump signs an executive order entitled "Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling". The order directs the federal government to rescind federal funding from schools that "directly or indirectly support or subsidize the social transition of a minor student," including allowing students to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity or permitting teachers to use names orpronouns different from those assigned at birth.[11][12]
5 – President of the United StatesDonald Trump signs an executive order entitled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports", which directs the government to interpret federalTitle IX rules as the prohibition of transgender girls and women from participating in female sports.[13]
5 – Argentinian presidential spokespersonManuel Adorni announces that the PresidentJavier Milei has signed a decree modifying the 2012Gender Identity Law, that allows transgender people to be treated according to theirgender identity and have their documents be registered with the corresponding name andgender, to exclude people under the age of 18 to accessgender-affirming care.[14]
28 – Iowa GovernorKim Reynolds signs Senate File 418, which eliminatedgender identity as a protected class from the Iowa Civil Rights Act.[15][16] This made Iowa the first U.S. state to remove gender identity as a protected class from a civil rights law.[17]
17 – The Constitutional Court ofLithuania granted same-sex couples the right to register their partnership with the courts until theSeimas adopts a comprehensive law on registered partnerships.[29]
17 – Puerto Rico implements a ban on gender-affirming care for anyone under 21 years of age. It also bars public funding for gender-affirming care and threatens doctors who violate the ban with up to 15 years in prison, a $50,000 fine, and the permanent loss of their licenses. Puerto Rico's LGBTQ+ Federation immediately announced plans to challenge the ban in court.[35][36]
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