United States President-elect Donald Trump has disclosed details of a sweeping executive order on gender he plans to sign after his inauguration, marking one of the first major policy actions of his new administration.
Independent media company The Free Press revealed details of the order on Monday (Australian time) after speaking with two incoming senior administration officials.
The order will reverse gender and sex-based laws from the Biden administration, ending policies allowing X gender on passports and forcing the use of preferred pronouns.
Titled, “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government”, the order will be signed within hours of the swearing in ceremony, the official said.
It seeks to redefine US federal policy by establishing “the biological reality of two sexes” as the guiding framework across all government agencies.
Among its key provisions, the order will remove guidance and policies that acknowledge gender identity, mandate that federal identification documents reflect biological sex rather than self-assessed gender identity and prohibit transgender-identifying males from participating in women’s sports or being housed in women’s prisons.
Trump’s incoming White House team has emphasised the order is rooted in protecting fairness, safety, and the opportunities of women.
“Women deserve protections, they deserve dignity, they deserve fairness, they deserve safety,” an official told The Free Press.
“And so this is going to help establish that in federal policy and in federal laws.”
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