My Favorite Executive Order Ever

A New Trump Executive Order Defends Women and Girls From Gender Ideology Extremism

“Kamala is for they/them, President Trump is for you.” I believe this single sentence in a 30-second ad is what won Trump the election. At the very least, it’s what solidified my own vote for him. 

The ad showed clips of Harris during her failed 2020 presidential bid, sitting opposite a man dressed in women’s clothing. In awkward, halting tones, she proclaims, “surgery. For prisoners. Every transgender inmate in the prison system would have access.” The ad then cuts to popular radio host Charlamagne Tha God plainly stating, “Hell no I don’t want my taxpayer dollars going to that!” And who would? 

Recent polling suggests that most Americans are not on board with the major goals of trans activism, including allowing men in women’s sports and giving puberty blocking drugs and cross-sex hormones to minors — let alone granting surgeries to illegal immigrants behind bars. Despite this, Democrat lawmakers and politicians either have yet to catch up or are barreling ahead indifferently anyway. As awareness for these issues grows, they will have to either acquiesce to their party’s distaste for them or continue losing elections. 

On President Trump’s first day in office, he followed through with his promise to stop gender ideology in its tracks by signing a landmark Executive Order titled “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government”. It’s so beautiful it almost brings tears to my eyes. 

Of course, it bears repeating that the need for something like this in the first place is insane. As a society, we’ve somehow degenerated so far that we now need a presidential Order proclaiming the basic biological truth that there are only two sexes. It’s worth asking how a small but determined cadre of activists were able to launch such a successful coup of the social contract, and how so many lawmakers, useful idiots, idle lookers-on, and other supposedly good people allowed it to happen. 

But for now, I’m happy to celebrate this win for what it is. In this article, I’ll be going over the Order section by section, highlighting the Biden era policies it seeks to undo, and the rights for women and girls it restores and protects. 

Section 1

The “Purpose” section of the Order introduces the problem thusly:

“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.”

Already, we’re off to such a fantastic start. The author refuses to use any obscuring ideological jargon like “transgender” or “trans women”, referring instead to “men” who “self-identify as women”. This clear, firm stance on biological sex is so crucial to addressing the core tenet of trans ideology and the myriad of consequences that flow from it. The perpetrators at the center of this great scam are not any kind of woman. Even language like “trans-identifying males” allows them the grace of the nonexistent sex/gender distinction. The Order gets it right by simply referring to them as they are: men. 

The author echoes this sentiment by stating that “[t]he erasure of sex in language and policy has a corrosive impact not just on women but on the validity of the entire American system.” From the outset, trans ideology has been a linguistic fight, so cutting the hydra off at the source means slicing away jargon and supplanting it with truth. As the author states, “[b]asing Federal policy on truth is critical to scientific inquiry, public safety, morale, and trust in government itself.” 

The text describes gender identity as “an internal, fluid, and subjective sense of self unmoored from biological facts.” It states that when the true and biological category of “woman” is invalidated, laws and policies designed to protect sex-based opportunities are effectively erased. Section One concludes with President Trump vowing to defend women’s rights through clear, biologically accurate language and by enacting policies that “recognize women are biologically female, and men are biologically male.” So simple, yet so beautiful! 

Section 2

The “Policy and Definitions” section outlines the Trump administration’s official policy on sex, namely that there are only two of them: male and female. (Again, the fact that we need an executive order on that is remarkable, but here we are.) Importantly, this section also stipulates that “the sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.” This is important as some trans activists have claimed it’s possible to change sex. The author really did think of everything! The definitions outlined in the Order are as follows:

1. Sex - “shall refer to an individual’s immutable biological classification as either male or female. ‘Sex’ is not a synonym for and does not include the concept of ‘gender identity.’” That last part is critical and I'm so glad they included it. So many trans activists have attempted to conflate or erase any distinctions between, whether by claiming that sex is a spectrum, sex and gender are two different or sometimes the same thing depending on who you ask, or on insisting on the primacy of “gender identity” over sex. This federally enshrined definition strips them of the ability to redefine sex however they please. 

2. Woman/girl - “shall mean adult and juvenile human females, respectively.” Thank the Lord! An answer to the question trans activists pretend is one of identity, one of feelings, or even a philosophical one, when in reality it has a meaning so simple no one bothered to question it at all until about 5 seconds ago. It’s even the shortest definition on the list. 

3. Man/boy - “shall mean adult and juvenile human males, respectively.” Though not the subject of nearly as much debate due to the prevalence of male and therefore female-identifying trans activists, this definition is just as important in policy and law. 

4. Female - “a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell.” It really is that simple. And yes, trans activists, sex really is determined at conception. 

5. Male - “a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell.”

6. Gender ideology - “replaces the biological category of sex with an ever-shifting concept of self-assessed gender identity, permitting the false claim that males can identify as and thus become women and vice versa…” The way the text defines this one brings me so much joy. It also states that gender ideology posits “a vast spectrum of genders that are disconnected from one’s sex,” and excoriates it as “internally inconsistent” as it “diminishes sex as a useful category” while maintaining that it is possible “for a person to be born in the wrong sexed body.” Just beautiful. 

7. Gender identity - “reflects a fully internal and subjective” sense of self which therefore “does not provide a meaningful basis for identification and can not be recognized as a replacement for sex.” And just like that, the Trump administration does away with the useless, invented category of gender identity, hopefully forever. (Though perhaps I’m being too optimistic.) 

Section 3 

Having dispensed with ideological jargon, the Order then gets into actual policy. This section outlines a set of directives based on the premise that “women are biologically distinct from men.” 

Here’s a quick summary of each of the directives outlined: 

1. Within 30 days, the Secretary of Health and Human Services must provide the government and the public with clear guidance expanding on the sex-based definitions outlined above. 

2. Instructs each agency and all Federal employees to enforce sex-based “rights, protections, opportunities, and accommodations” based only on the above definitions. 

3. Directs Federal employees to use the term “sex” and not “gender” when enforcing sex-based distinctions. This stipulation combined with the iron-clad definitions above closes a major loophole created by activists trying to subvert the definition of sex by replacing it with the made-up categories of gender and “gender identity”. This directive may seem small, but it’s actually vitally important. 

4. Mandates that all government-issued IDs, including “passports, visas, and Global Entry cards,” must accurately reflect the holder’s sex as defined under section 2 of the Order. Another huge win as it stops the ridiculous farce of “X” as a gender marker and stops men from misrepresenting themselves as women on identification documents, and vice versa. However, it’s important to acknowledge that this directive does not work retroactively, meaning that ID-holders are not required to apply for new IDs matching their biological sex if they were issued before the Order. This directive does apply to all IDs issued after the Order, however. 

5. Directs agencies to remove and cease issuing all “statements, policies, regulations, forms, communications” that promote and inculcate gender ideology. Agencies shall only require an individual’s sex on any forms and shall not request their gender identity. Agencies shall “take all necessary steps” to end federal funding of gender ideology. Amazing. 

6. Ends “gender-identity” based access to single-sex spaces granted by the Biden administration. Outlines this position as “legally untenable” for the harm it causes women. Orders the Attorney General to issue guidance to correct the misapplication of the Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County to “sex-based distinctions in agency activities,” and assist agencies in protected sex-based distinctions, “which are explicitly permitted under Constitutional and statutory precedent.” This one is so important as it undoes the ridiculous Biden-era policy of reinterpreting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include “gender identity,” which of course, does not exist. In practice, this meant that employers could not fire or otherwise “discriminate” against employees based on “gender identity”. Now, any employer is free to fire any man in skirts and fishnet stockings they wish. As I understand it, this directive also prohibits anyone from making the case that repeated “misgendering”  or “deadnaming” constitutes a hostile work environment. 

7. Prohibits federal funds from being used to promote gender ideology. (Again, it’s absolutely wild that they ever were in the first place.) Directs each agency to ensure grant funds do not promote gender ideology. 

Section 4

This section is perhaps the most important of all. Titled “Privacy in Intimate Spaces,” it tackles the component of transgenderism that has caused women the most harm, both physically and psychologically. Allowing men into women’s intimate spaces has stripped us of our privacy, our dignity, and most importantly, our safety, as women and girls across the country have been repeatedly spied on, sexually harassed, and even violently assaulted by sexually depraved men pretending to be women. This section of the Order aims to put a stop to all of that. Here’s a summary of this section’s directives: 

1. Directs the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that males are not detained in women’s prisons or detention centers. 

2. Commissions a policy by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to rescind the rule entitled “Equal Access in Accordance with an Individual’s Gender Identity in Community Planning and Development Programs”. Also commissions a policy for public comment protecting women seeking single-sex rape shelters. This is another seemingly obvious but vitally important request, as many female victims of domestic violence have been smeared as transphobic for simply seeking shelters free of men. There have even been horrific cases of women being assaulted in the very places they go to seek shelter. 

3. Instructs the AG to ensure the Bureau of Prisons revises its policies concerning medical care “to be consistent with this Order”. Also ensures that no Federal funds are expended to help inmates medically transition. Sorry, Kamala!

4. Directs agencies to ensure that intimate, single-sex spaces are designated “by sex and not identity.”

Section 5

This next section is titled “Protecting Rights”, as in freedom of speech and expression pertaining to biological sex. It directs the AG to issue guidance to “ensure the freedom to express the binary nature of sex and the right to single-sex spaces” in workplaces and other federal funded entities covered by the Civil Rights Act. Although free speech is already ostensibly protected under the First Amendment, it’s nice to have an additional protection, especially as so many trans activists try to censor and condemn speech they don’t like as “hate speech”. This section also makes the right to express oneself on the matter of biological sex at work explicitly clear, meaning diverging from gender orthodoxy will no longer constitute legal grounds for firing. 

Section 5 also stipulates that the AG and each other agency head with enforcement responsibilities “shall prioritize investigations and litigation to enforce the rights and freedoms identified.” This is great news for anyone who may have been terminated or reprimanded due to a dissenting opinion on gender ideology, as legal recourse is now not only possible, but prioritized. 

Section 6

This brief section titled “Bill Text” directs that within 30 days, the Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs shall propose a bill to codify the definitions in the Order into law. This helps ensure that the vital protections outlined actually make it into law. Executive Orders are great for making sweeping changes quickly, but for better or for worse, can be rescinded by a new administration just as rapidly. This section hopefully ensures many, if not all of the Order’s directives become solidified into law. 

Section 7

This section, titled “Agency Implementation and Reporting”, ensures that actual, tangible progress is made on the directives outlined, and fast. The text directs that within 120 days of the Order, each agency head must submit an update on implementation of the Order to President Trump. Updates must address the following: 

1. Changes to agency documents including regulations, guidance, forms, and communications. 

2. Any requirements imposed on federally funded entities to achieve the policies of the Order.  

This section also addresses the matter of conflicting Executive Orders issued by the Biden administration. The text states that the requirements of this Order “supersede conflicting provisions in any previous Executive Orders or Presidential Memoranda”, including: 

• Executive Order 13988 of January 20, 2021: Officially titled “Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation.” Directed all federal agencies to review policies which implement the non-discrimination protections on the basis of sex Ordered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Fair Housing Act, and section 412 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, and extend these protections to sexual orientation and gender identity. Those protections no longer apply. 

• Executive Order 14004 of January 25, 2021: Officially titled “Enabling All Qualified Americans to Serve Their Country in Uniform”. Directs that “gender identity” should not be a “bar to military service.” Rescinding this Order effectively re-enacts the previous Trump administration’s trans military ban and prevents service members from medically “transitioning” while serving. As per directives on federal funding outlined above, I assume rescinding this Order also prevents any federal funds from going toward service members’ transitions. 

• Executive Order 14020: Officially titled “Establishment of the White House Gender Policy Council”. This Order created the first-ever “White House Council on Gender Policy”, and was tasked with developing a government-wide strategy to advance “gender equity”, whatever that means. The Trump Order officially dissolves the “White House Gender Policy Council.” 

• Executive Order 14021 of March 8, 2021: Officially titled “Guaranteeing an Educational Environment Free from Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, Including Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity”.This Order guaranteed protections against discrimination on the basis of sex or “gender identity” — which effectively nullifies all sex-based protections — in schools that receive federal funding, as codified in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The Order also authorized the Secretary of Education to suspend, revise, or rework regulations that did not align with the previous administration’s protections. 

• Executive Order 14075 of June 15, 2022: Officially titled “Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individuals”. This Order designated LGBT-identifying people as a special class experiencing discrimination and banned “conversion therapy” for trans-identified youth. In this context, “conversion therapy” refers to any form of counseling which seeks to reconcile someone with his or her biological sex rather than blindly affirming the delusion of an innate gendered essence or that one can change his or her sex. 

Next, Section Seven instructs each agency head to “promptly rescind all guidance documents inconsistent with the requirements in this Order”, including “The White House Toolkit on Transgender Equality” and a whole litany of guidance from the Department of Education, including “U.S. Department of Education Toolkit: Creating Inclusive and Nondiscriminatory School Environments for LGBTQI+ Students, 

“Supporting Transgender Youth in School”, and “Back-to-School Message for Transgender Students from the U.S. Depts of Justice, Education, and HHS”. It’s equally telling and disturbing that so many of the previous administration’s directives targeted school-age children. As we know from Queer Theory, children are really just little adults, and it’s best to inculcate them into the tenets of transgenderism before pesky distinctions and categorizations about the world around them have time to set in.

This section also rescinds the Attorney General’s Memorandum of March 26, 2021 entitled “Application of Bostock v. Clayton County to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972″, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace”. 

Section 8 

The Order wraps up with a section on General Provisions. These provisions essentially stipulate that nothing in this order overrides existing legal structures and hierarchies, including the authority granted to agencies and their heads. It also ensures that the order will not affect budget-related functions or create enforceable rights against the government. Lastly, this section guarantees that if any part of the Order is deemed invalid, the rest remains in effect.

Overall, this Order is a fantastic step in the right direction toward preserving the privacy and safety of women and girls in sports and private spaces, and in keeping Queer Theory out of public education and away from children. 

However, reading through some of the now defunct Biden Executive Orders made me realize just how far into law and policy gender ideology had crept. While I’m glad that the second Trump administration has reversed practically all of it and created new protections around biological sex, researching this piece put into stark relief how easily that could all get swept away with the coming of a new administration. Most of the Biden Executive Orders I looked up are all marked 404 Page Not Found now. I sincerely hope that President Trump is able to crystallize as many of these directives as possible into law during his time in office and prevent this Order from befalling the same fate. For now though, as I said in the beginning, I'm just happy to celebrate this win for what it is: a triumph for women, girls, and really all of American society. (Hopefully our friends abroad will be inspired and emboldened to take similar legislative steps.) At least for now, we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief knowing that the evil has been (partially) defeated. 

The Cabin in the Woods, 2011.