‘Woman means adult human female’: Trump to sign executive order on gender hours after he’s sworn in
The order will be titled 'Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government'
President-elect Donald Trump is to sign an executive order on gender stating ‘woman’ means ‘adult human female’ soon after his inauguration, according to reports.
Titled ‘Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government’, the order will reportedly be given within hours of today’s swearing in ceremony.
An executive order acts as an instruction from the President to federal government agencies on how to enforce laws or policies, without needing approval from Congress.
The 78-year-old is expected to sign as many as 100 executive orders this week, with his plan to legislate “the biological reality of two sexes” expected as one of his first major policy actions.
“Federal policy and in federal laws”
Independent media company The Free Press first reported details of the executive order today after speaking with two incoming senior administration officials.
“Women deserve protections, they deserve dignity, they deserve fairness, they deserve safety,” an official told the outlet.
“And so this is going to help establish that in federal policy and in federal laws.”
The move will reverse gender and sex-based laws from the Joe Biden era such as making the use of preferred pronouns mandatory and using self-ID when applying for passports.
Other key provisions include prohibiting women who are trans from being housed in women’s prisons or from participating in women’s sports.
Republican leader Trump, who previously served as US President from 2016 to 2020, is due to be inaugurated today (Monday 20 January 2025) at 5pm UK time.