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Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting trans youth and teachers... 2025/01/29 18:00
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- URL: https://bsky.app/profile/erininthemorning.com/post/3lgw35kdyoc22
- Posted: 2025-01-29 18:00 (date: 2025/01/29)
- Topics: US/president/EO/2025/01/29/2
- Summary: «Breaking News: Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting trans youth and teachers in schools who teach for them. It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests. I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.»
- author: Erin Reed
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Section 1: Purpose and Policy
In the purpose section, Donald Trump frames being trans as an "anti-American Ideology" designed to "sow distrust" and "undermine family unity."
It also fronts the fringe claim that title IX MANDATES discrimination against transgender students.
Section 2: Definitions
Definitions section e is the only applying to trans youth, but its a doozy... it says that Social Transition is going to be a big part of the EO (stopping it), and this includes using a different name, pronouns, bathrooms, and sports.
This hints that the purpose of the EO will be to target this.
Section 3: Ending Indoctrination Strategy
Sec 3(a) says that it is Trump's policy to eliminate federal funding for any school that supports "gender ideology." Given the definitions section around social transition and other sections, this will likely mean schools that let trans kids use the bathroom, use their names, etc.
Sec 3(b) says that it will pull funding from any school that does not forcibly out its students, any school that "supports" the social transition of their trans students, and more.
This is an unconstitutional attempt to force every trans kid in America in schools to detransition at school.
Sec 3(c): chilling. It directs the AG and state AGs to go after teachers that allow social transition for "sexually exploiting minors" or "practicing medicine without a license."
This is likely going to be used to terrorize school districts and teachers with trans kids, and the kids themselves.
Remainder
The rest of the EO is the implementation of a "1776 curriculum" to promote "patriotic education."
That is all for my read of this executive order.
It will depend on teachers, school systems complying in advance - this is perhaps his most blatantly illegal EO of the anti-trans ones. Don't do it.