Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government

Key claim: Executive Order 14168, issued by President Donald J. Trump on January 20, 2025, establishes federal policy recognizing only two immutable biological sexes (male and female, determined at conception) and directs agencies to enforce sex-based distinctions accordingly. It rescinds prior Biden-era orders on gender identity, prohibits federal recognition or promotion of gender ideology, and requires updates to forms, IDs, facilities, grants, and policies to align with biological sex. The order aims to protect single-sex spaces and opportunities for women while ending related federal funding and self-identification practices.

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Presidential Documents 8615Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 19 / Thursday, January 30, 2025 / Presidential Documents Executive Order 14168 of January 20, 2025 Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Re- storing Biological Truth to the Federal Government By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. Across the country, ideologues who deny the biological reality of sex have increasingly used legal and other socially coercive means to permit men to self-identify as women and gain access to intimate single- sex spaces and activities designed for women, from women’s domestic abuse shelters to women’s workplace showers. This is wrong. Efforts to eradicate the biological reality of sex fundamentally attack women by depriving them of their dignity, safety, and well-being. The erasure of sex in language and policy has a corrosive impact not just on women but on the validity of the entire American system. Basing Federal policy on truth is critical to scientific inquiry, public safety, morale, and trust in government itself. This unhealthy road is paved by an ongoing and purposeful attack against the ordinary and longstanding use and understanding of biological and scientific terms, replacing the immutable biological reality of sex with an internal, fluid, and subjective sense of self unmoored from biological facts. Invalidating the true and biological category of ‘‘woman’’ improperly trans- forms laws and policies designed to protect sex-based opportunities into laws and policies that undermine them, replacing longstanding, cherished legal rights and values with an identity-based, inchoate social concept. Accordingly, my Administration will defend women’s rights and protect freedom of conscience by using clear and accurate language and policies that recognize women are biologically female, and men are biologically male. Sec. 2. Policy and Definitions. It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female. These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality. Under my direc- tion, the Executive Branch will enforce all sex-protective laws to promote this reality, and the following definitions shall govern all Executive interpre- tation of and application of Federal law and administration policy: (a) ‘‘Sex’’ shall refer to an individual’s i

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Executive Order 14168, issued by President Donald J. Trump on January 20, 2025, establishes federal policy recognizing only two immutable biological sexes (male and female, determined at conception) and directs agencies to enforce sex-based distinctions accordingly. It rescinds prior Biden-era orders on gender identity, prohibits federal recognition or promotion of gender ideology, and requires updates to forms, IDs, facilities, grants, and policies to align with biological sex. The order aims to protect single-sex spaces and opportunities for women while ending related federal funding and self-identification practices.

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