On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office as the 47th President of the United States. One of his first actions was signing an executive order titled “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government,” which targets policies regarding transgender women in prisons.
The order asserts that recognizing genders beyond male and female undermines women’s rights and safety. It redefines how the federal government addresses sex and gender, declaring that only two genders—male and female—will be recognized, based on the belief that these biological sexes are “unchangeable.” This impacts policies, including the placement of transgender individuals in correctional facilities.
