President Trump has made no secret of his misunderstanding of transgender people — or of his disinterest in protecting their civil rights.
Last year, he declared that transgendered men and women could no longer serve openly in the armed services, claiming that they were a burden on the military. Also, the administration revoked an Obama-era rule that allowed students in federally-funded schools to use the restroom corresponding to the gender with which they identified.
Now Trump has said that his administration is considering a further policy change. His comments were vague, but reports said that the administration might narrowly define “sex,” for the purposes of anti-discrimination policies, as an unchanging condition determined at birth by a person's genitalia. That would be foolish and inhumane.rstanding of transgender people — or of his disinterest in protecting their civil rights.
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