PHOTO: US President Donald Trump during the 60th presidential inauguration in the rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo/Bloomberg
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Catherine Stoddard
Mon, January 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM GMT
4 min read
The Brief
- During his inauguration speech, President Donald Trump said that the U.S. government would only recognize two genders: male and female.
- The order is also expected to block requirements at government facilities and at workplaces that transgender people be referred to using the pronouns that align with their gender.
- Trump is expected to roll out a flurry of executive orders that would impact immigration policies, the economy and environmental policies.
LOS ANGELES – As was expected, on his first day back as the president of the United States, Donald Trump announced he would be fulfilling a litany of executive orders, one of which included rolling back protections for transgender people.
During his inauguration speech on Monday, Trump said that the federal government would only recognize two genders: male and female.
“As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female,” Trump said.