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Martin Pengelly in Washington and agencies

Trump rolls back trans and gender-identity rights and takes aim at DEI

people hold signs that read 'I don't need permission to exist' 'protest trans youth' and 'federal protections now'
Activists for transgender rights protest outside the supreme court in Washington in 2023. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Donald Trump issued an executive order rescinding two orders that Joe Biden signed on his first day in office four years ago, one advancing racial equity for under-served communities and another combating discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation.

One executive order, called “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government”, instructs the federal government to remove “all radical gender ideology guidance, communication, policies, and forms”.

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