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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 12.   Sam Levine: Trans healthcare providers face chaos under Trump order: ‘Like withholding CPR’.

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.

May 6.   Sam Levine: US supreme court allows Trump trans military ban to take effect: Justices rule ban can be enforced while challenge plays out in court, a decision that could lead to thousands discharged.

May 16.   The Guardian: US military commanders to be told to oust trans troops via medical checks.

May 17.   Emma Uber: Art installation on National Mall shares trans voices of hope, defiance The 9,000-square foot “quilt” comes at a time when the Trump administration has sought to roll back transgender rights.

May 23.   Fenit Nirappil & Casey Parks: All Medicaid gender transition care is cut in late addition to GOP tax bill: The prohibition abruptly expanded to include adults hours before the House passed the bill, escalating the crackdown on transgender care once focused on children.

May 28.   Katelyn Burns: The terrifying reality Trump’s megabill creates for trans people.

May 30.   Geoff Mulvihill: Most LGBTQ+ adults feel Americans don’t accept transgender people, Pew poll finds.