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Trump’s Authoritarian Assault on Trans People

This page is part of a resource collection on far right extremism. See also the resource page on anti-trans extremism.

2025

January 19.   Emily Yoffe: Trump’s Day One Executive Order on ‘Male and Female.’ The White House strikes out at gender ideology and pronouns. Also: ends housing of biological men in women’s prisons; self-ID on passports; and more.

January 24.   David Gilbert: ‘We Have Seen a Lot More Hate’: Trans People Are Already Terrified. After Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order directed against trans people this week, trans and nonbinary people are scared of what happens next.

January 29.   Alex Cooper: Trump signs executive order targeting transgender students, their teachers, and their schools.

February 6.   Odette Yousef: Trump’s anti-trans effort is an agenda cornerstone with echoes in history.

February 13.   The New York Times: U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website.

February 25.   Jaclyn Diaz: Federal prisons prep to move trans inmates as early as this week.

March 10.   Jo Yurcaba: Texas bill would make identifying as transgender a felony punishable by jail.

April 3.   ACLU: The Human Toll of Trump’s Anti-Trans Crusade.

April 4.   Maya Pontone: Judge Denies Motion to Block Trump’s Anti-Trans Arts Funding Bar: The ruling means the National Endowment for the Arts can continue to impose Trump’s “gender ideology” criteria on its grant applications.