Overview

• The Department of Justice and Department of Education are investigating school policies that conceal students' gender identity changes from parents and allow transgender participation in women’s sports and spaces.
• President Trump’s January executive order prohibits federal funding for irreversible transgender medical interventions for minors, with HHS issuing guidance banning such procedures.
• Stephen Miller characterized gender-affirming care for minors as 'child abuse,' 'child torture,' and 'medical malpractice,' emphasizing the administration’s focus on parental rights.
• New policies mandate that transgender women in federal prisons be housed in male facilities, reversing Biden-era policies that allowed placement based on gender identity.
• The administration is leveraging financial penalties to enforce compliance, threatening to revoke federal funding from schools, universities, and hospitals that violate its directives.