Public Policy · Constitutional Law · Civil Rights·February 3, 2025
Administration strips federal LGBTQ+ protections through series of executive orders
Day-one executive order eliminates federal recognition of gender identity affecting 1.6 million transgender Americans
Executive Order 14168 signed January 20, 2025 defines sex as binary and immutable from conception
Order prohibits gender self-identification on federal documents including passports
Title IX protections for transgender students were withdrawn
DOJ-ED Title IX Special Investigations Team launched in April 2025
HUD stopped enforcing 2016 gender identity discrimination rules in February
Administration sued California in July 2025 over transgender girls in sports
OCR laid off half its workforce while shifting to new enforcement priorities
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