Trump imposed a binary-sex definition across the federal government

Date: 2025-01-20
Entry type: executive-order
Current status: Issuance documented; this entry does not assert present enforceability.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-03

Entities and roles

Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Governmentdocumented action or event
Donald J. Trumppresident responsible for the cited action

Claims and evidence

factdocumented
On 2025-01-20, Donald Trump declared federal policy recognizing two sexes and directed agencies to apply the order’s definitions to documents, programs, intimate spaces, and detention.
- The White House: Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal GovernmentOperative text of the cited action