On January 27, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order defining sex strictly as male or female, disregarding transgender and nonbinary identities. This move has profound implications for the rights of these groups, as it mandates that federal agencies only use 'sex' in policies, eliminating provisions for gender identity. Critics, including the ACLU, argue that the order aims to erase transgender recognition legally. Initial actions include the pausing of all gender marker updates in federal documentation, affecting individuals seeking to amend their identification to reflect their gender identity.
This executive order is clearly a plan from the Trump Administration to erase transgender people's existence under the law, says Harper Seldin, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU's LGBTQ and HIV Project.
The order has seen swift implementation, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio pausing all gender marker update applications, halting requests for the X gender marker on passports.
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