Intersex People Don’t Negate Trump’s Two-Sexes Executive Order

Among President Donald Trump’s many executive orders upon assuming office was one titled “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth.” In it, the president formally designated that, from the perspective of the U.S. government and federal law, there are only two sexes: male and female, defined by the gametes each body produces, eggs and sperm respectively. The EO also explicitly disallows redefining the word “sex” — as activists have done to shoehorn the concept of “gender identity” into the law.

That second part was necessary because the Biden-Harris administration undertook what amounted to a full-government project to make men and women legally interchangeable, rewriting important civil rights legislation with interpretations — including of “gender identity” — that are at odds with both the plain reading and the purpose of those statutes.

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Inez Feltscher Stepman

Inez Feltscher Stepman is a senior policy and legal analyst at the Independent Women's Forum.

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Among President Donald Trump’s many executive orders upon assuming office was one titled “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth.” In it, the president formally designated that, from the perspective of the U.S. government and federal law, there are only two sexes: male and female, defined by the gametes each body produces, eggs and sperm respectively. The EO also explicitly disallows redefining the word “sex” — as activists have done to shoehorn the concept of “gender identity” into the law.

That second part was necessary because the Biden-Harris administration undertook what amounted to a full-government project to make men and women legally interchangeable, rewriting important civil rights legislation with interpretations — including of “gender identity” — that are at odds with both the plain reading and the purpose of those statutes.