- cross-posted to:
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- cross-posted to:
- keeptrack@lemmy.world
Summary
On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order mandating federal agencies use the term “sex” instead of “gender,” erasing recognition of gender identity.
This has led to the removal of essential information from government websites, including Social Security Administration guides on changing sex identification, LGBTQIA+ resources, and State and Labor Department pages on gender discrimination and passports.
Critics argue the policy spreads misinformation, adds stress for LGBTQ+ individuals, and echoes Trump’s previous suppression of climate change data during his first term.
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So much attention to spend on such a small percentage of the population. Kind of messed up. I mean, to be so preoccupied with transgender and gay people especially children…
I understand it’s due to the rotten minds of small men, but it’s just so strange to me that they would spend so much time to create a problem that shouldn’t be a problem.
We have plenty of other legitimate problems that need addressing, but instead these idiots are going out of their way to oppress a small percentage of the population who aren’t doing any harm.
Because it’s all about manufacturing a “decisive issue” to keep everyone occupied while he sells everything in the US he can to the highest bidder. It’s all about the grift.
Absolutely. I’ve quit voting the stories, and vote the comments. Starve the egregore.
Plus they have two attributes needed to make a great Boogeyman:
- Very small percentage of the population. You can go your whole life without ever realizing you met one, much less get to know them and start seeing them as human.
- Not always readily apparent if someone is trans or not. This applied to Jews in Nazi Germany as well. You can really ramp up the paranoia if people start fearing their neighbors and isolate themselves.
They see it as a problem because it challenges how they see the world. They have a hard time adjusting to how society has evolved, so rather than trying to change their beliefs they use their power to force the world to conform to their views.
Also, they’re fascist assholes.
They sure love to know what’s going on children’s pants.
How else will matt gaetz know which children to sex traffic?
So gross, but accurate
I’m partial to the idea that they’re terrified of hitting on a trans woman. In their mind, there is a fear of being perceived as attracted to someone outside their rigid definition of femininity, which challenges their fragile masculinity and internalized homophobia.
According to the census of June 16, 1933, the Jewish population of Germany, including the Saar region (which at that time was still under the administration of the League of Nations), was approximately 505,000 people out of a total population of 67 million, or somewhat less than 0.75 percent.
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/germany-jewish-population-in-1933
Exactly. And if you have a small enough minority like that, the chances of the general public knowing a member of that minority so that they can actually recognize their humanity is much smaller, making them more useful as a scapegoat.
And demonizing a marginalized group is great for fascists riling up popular support.
This headline is clickbait. The government webpages are being taken down or modified (a bad thing, to be clear), but that hardly qualifies as “all over the internet”. Making inaccurate claims like this only serves to legitimize opposition and alienate potential allies.
I’m honestly surprised that he would know the difference between sex and gender to even write that order.
Oh he’s writing 0% of these executive orders. Others write them and he signs them.
Stephen Miller perchance?
I love those guys.
It’s like everyone who was talking about project 2025 was just shouting into the void and nobody heard a goddamn thing. These EOs were written up years ago by that evil fucking conglomerate.
“All over the internet”
Okay that sounds bad.
Is there an example that is not a government website.
A public university is a government website. In this case, state government. The more you know.
Public state universities receive part of their funding from the government, but they are not a government entity and employees are not government employees. I know because I worked for one.
I don’t know what they think they’re going to accomplish in the end game of this, but no matter how bad they want it, no matter what laws and regulations they enact- there is NO way they’re going to erase gender diversity because It’s a part of the human condition. It’s WHO WE ARE.
Try as they might, and do as they will, but It’s impossible to change who people are through legislation.
That’s exactly what they want to accomplish. But like most things, they have absolutely no idea how to actually achieve their goals.
Genocide sometimes does work. He can literally imprison and force all trans and non binary folks to work in the Tesla tunnels until they die.
