Trump Administration Orders Transgender Bathroom Ban in Federal Agencies

The Trump administration has ordered federal agencies to implement a transgender bathroom ban, barring trans people from single-sex spaces that correspond with their gender identity. This is part of an effort to comply with President Trump's executive order that states the government recognizes only two sexes.

The order also calls for the cancellation of training and employee resource groups that have previously "promoted gender ideology" as well as ensuring documents, policies and forms use the term "sex" instead of "gender." Bathroom and other "intimate spaces" must be "designated by biological sex and not gender identity," the memo states.

The order comes as House Republicans are pushing for similar measures to be taken on Capitol Hill. They attempted to bar Democratic Delaware Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, from using the women's restroom.

In November, Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana announced a new policy, which he renewed earlier in January, stopping transgender people from using the restrooms at the Congressional complex that correspond to their gender identity.

South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace introduced a measure late last year that was set to bar transgender people from using restrooms on federal land, such as museums and national parks.

Just this week, Trump signed another three executive orders damaging transgender rights, such as one intended to limit access to gender-affirming care for minors. On Wednesday, Trump issued an order targeting public schools that teach critical race theory or "radical gender ideology," seeking to defund them. Yet another order looks to bar trans people from openly serving in the armed forces.