Child Safety Nonprofit Removes LGBTQ+ Mentions Following Federal Funding Threat

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children complied with a Trump administration order to erase references to transgender and LGBTQ+ youth from its public materials.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) removed reports and guides referencing LGBTQ+ and transgender youth after being directed to comply with President Trump's executive order on 'gender ideology.'
The executive order, signed last week, mandates that federal funding recipients eliminate references to gender diversity and adhere to a binary definition of sex.
Key reports removed from NCMEC's website included data on missing children with suicidal tendencies, male victims of child sex trafficking, and LGBTQ+ youth in state care.
Advocacy groups, including GLAAD, condemned the move, warning it could worsen risks for already vulnerable transgender and LGBTQ+ youth who face homelessness, trafficking, and violence.
NCMEC, which relies heavily on federal funding, stated that its core operations remain unchanged but acknowledged the directive required a review of its public-facing materials.