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Donald Trump spent part of his campaign
for the presidency going after the rights of transgender people.
Since taking office, he's doubled down on his promise.
As of today,
it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government
that there are only two genders,
male and female.
The words transgender and queer have been.
Scrubbed from the website, along with the letters T and Q from lgbtq, and.
Our country will be woke no longer.
Early on in his second administration, he reinstated a ban on transgender service members.
And late last month, the Department of Defense released a memo.
It orders branches of the military to start identifying the thousands of troops diagnosed
or being treated for gender dysphoria within 30 days for removal from military service.
A lawsuit was quickly filed after the first executive order was signed.