Trump Ends Government Promotion of Gender Ideology and Child Mutilation, by Theresa Farnan, Eric Kniffin, Mary Rice Hasson

By Theresa Farnan, Eric Kniffin, Mary Rice Hasson, First Things, January 31, 2025

Trump’s ban on gender transitioning has turned the tide on an indefensible cult,” writes Telegraph columnist Suzanne Moore. “The pretense that sex can be changed is over.” In just ten days, President Trump has worked a stunning reversal of ten years of federal policy. From the Obama years to the Biden era, progressives sought to “eradicate the biological reality of sex” and replace it with “an ever-shifting concept of self-assessed gender identity.” They largely succeeded.

Although Democrats in Congress, for the most part, were unsuccessful in their attempts to embed “gender identity” in the law, Biden imposed gender ideology by fiat. (Democrats failed, for example, to pass the Equality Act, which redefined “sex” to include “gender identity,” but succeeded in passing the Violence Against Women Act and Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which include “gender identity” language.) The Biden administration instead “interpreted” federal laws as if they mandated gender ideology, and privileged “gender identity” in nearly every area funded or regulated by the federal government. Under Biden’s direction, federal agencies promulgated reams of “gender” tainted regulations, and deployed cabinet officials to tout hormones for identity-distressed children as “medically necessary” and “lifesaving.” Government schools taught kids they could choose (without telling mom and dad) whether to be a boy, girl, or “something else.” ….