Trump issues Executive Order Restricting Trans Youth Health Care

Harmeet Dhillon. (2025, January 30). Wikipedia

Donald Trump's executive orders restricting gender affirmative care come as dystopian changes have been made to the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division.

Trump's nominee to lead the assault against trans-affirming care is attorney Harmeet Dhillon, 56, who has spoken out against state laws that protect doctors who provide gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

Harmeet Dhillon believes that "Title IX was passed by Congress to protect women's rights—not the rights of men pretending to be women."

"Title IX was passed by Congress to protect women's rights—not the rights of men pretending to be women." @pnjaban breaks down the latest lawsuits against President Biden's new Title IX rules👇 pic.twitter.com/gfC9GjeyPF

— Center for American Liberty (@Liberty_Ctr) April 30, 2024

Erin Reed as promised weighed in on Donald Trump's Executive Order banning Trans Youth Care.

The Conversation U.S. interviewed Elana Redfield, federal policy director at the Williams Institute, an independent research center at the UCLA School of Law dedicated to studying sexual orientation and gender identity law. She describes the aims of the executive order, how much weight it carries, and how it should be understood in the broader context of legal battles over access to gender-affirming care.

Some key takeaways

The scope of the Executive Order

• Twenty-six states have already restricted gender-affirming care for minors or banned it outright. So the order seeks to extend restrictions to the rest of the country using the weight of the executive branch. However, it’s not a national ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Instead, it’s directing federal agencies to regulate and restrict this form of care.

Does the executive branch have the authority to unilaterally ban federal funding of certain medical treatments?

• The answer is a little mixed. A president might be able to suspend or put a temporary pause on funding a particular type of treatment or service. But the actual parameters of a program – and how agencies should implement them – are determined by Congress and, to some extent, by the courts.

Do private health insurers fall outside the scope of this executive order?

• On the surface, yes. But it’s easy to see how directives from the executive branch can touch broader components of the country’s health care system, including private hospitals and private health insurance.
• For example, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act is a nondiscrimination provision. It says there can be no sex discrimination when it comes to approving health care treatments. This has been interpreted to mean that health insurance plans receiving federal funding cannot deny a policyholder gender-affirming care. However, this interpretation has been blocked by a federal court.

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Trump’s executive orders can make change – but are limited and can be undone by the courts. First and foremost is U.S. v. Skrmetti presently being decided by the Supreme Court.

The question in this case is whether Tennessee’s law banning gender-affirming hormone therapies for transgender minors violates the Equal Protection Clause of the US Constitution. Tennessee’s ban, like every other passed by politicians in recent years, specifically permits these same hormone medications when they are provided in a way that Tennessee considers “consistent” with a person’s sex designated at birth. This means, for example, a doctor could prescribe estrogen to a cisgender teenage girl for any clinical diagnosis but could not do the same for a transgender girl diagnosed with gender dysphoria.

The ACLU argues that Tennessee’s ban is a clear example of discrimination on the basis of sex and transgender status making it a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. We made a similar argument in 2020 when, alongside other legal advocates, we successfully argued in front of the Supreme Court on behalf of LGBTQ clients fired because of their sexual orientation and gender identity, including a transgender woman fired from her job at a Michigan funeral home.

Draft Dodging Trump Issues Directive calling Trans Military Members Dishonorable

Mr. Trump, center, during his senior year at the New York Military Academy. He would receive a medical exemption from the draft a few years later. Credit...Fred R. Conrad for The New York Times

Trump issued an executive order Monday calling for the dismissal of 15,000 honorably serving transgender military members.

In his order, AP Reports, Trump claimed that service by troops who identify as a gender other than their biological one “conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life” and is harmful to military readiness, requiring a revised policy to address the matter.

Trump instructed his newly confirmed, morally indefensible, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to write the policy. This of course is bullshit as the policy is already written as it is a component of Project 2015.

Is Trump a draft-dodging coward?

Trump didn't didn't serve during the Vietnam era because of Four Draft Deferments for College and One for Bad Feet (gift article). According to the New York Times his father Fred Trump, a NYC real estate mogul. paid for his schools and arranged his medical deferment through a podiatrist who rented an office in one of his buildings.

Trump's excuses for not serving were fluid. At times he said he wasn't selected because he had a high draft number. A quick internet search indicates that a service draft number of 580 would very likely indicate Trump would have been eligible to be drafted during the Vietnam War. Trump did appear for his intake physical but was medically disqualified and eventually classified as 4-f unfit for duty.

Trump used every means at his disposal to avoid serving our country during the Vietnam War. As a vet who servered honerably that is in my opnion cowardly.

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AP Reports that two groups, Lambda Legal and Human Rights Campaign, which represented transgender troops the first time, vowed to fight again. “We have been here before and seven years ago were able to successfully block the earlier administration’s effort,” Lambda Legal attorney Sasha Buchert said. “Not only is such a move cruel, it compromises the safety and security of our country and is particularly dangerous and wrong. As we promised then, so do we now: we will sue.”

Respectfully, Sasha Buchert, I disagree. We haven't been here before. Expect a polished legally defensible argument from the legal minds at Project 2025.

Dissecting Trump's Shock And Awe Campaign Against his "Enemy Within"

When asked about Joe Biden's comment on the possibility of election day 'chaos', Trump dismissed them, saying the real threat comes from within the country, specifically from radical leftists. 'The enemy from within, in my opinion, is more dangerous than China, Russia, and all these countries,' said Trump. / Image Guardian US

Trump's Shock and Awe war on his "enemy within" began before his first day in office when he signed 26 executive orders. Most of those executive orders don't carry the weight of law and one has already been ruled "blatantly unconstitutional", but they had the desired effect.

If you felt overwhelmed and defeated by the enormity of Trump's executive orders, know that was the desired effect. All of us did, even those of us warning about Project 2025. The hate being channeled towards the Democrats and freedom in general was like nothing I have ever experienced.

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Specifically, I would like to address the executive order attacking transgender rights.

The war began when the GOP ran the horrific anti-trans ads during the Superbowl playoffs.

I have lived in the same place in Texas for 13 years and as a runner have traversed the same routes countless times past a high school. This is where I became aware of the insidious phase one of Trump's war on trans people when high school football players misgendered me and tried to block the sidewalk in front of their school. They were obviously unaware that I am a retired Army Supply Seargent and after using my command voice they scattered to the four winds.

The second phase began when Trump signed his "executive orders".

I have been targeted by grown adults several times since then who have mocked me, one even threatened me with his SUV at the neighborhood gas station. Again, every one of those "adults" was shocked when I stood up to them. I realized that these seemingly unrelated occuances are a preplanned concerted attack on transgender people's well-being. These MAGATs thought that through sheer intimidation and threats of violence, they would drive the rest of us underground. They have no idea what we have been through to obtain our basic rights, so no MAGAts, I'll see you in hell.

The last phase of the war on trans people would be to use the military against us. That is why we must regroup, prioritize our actions, and fight these fascists with everything at our disposal.

Jennifer Walter posted on Threads:

As a sociologist, I need to tell you: Your overwhelm is the goal 🧵
 1/ The flood of 200+ executive orders in Trump's first days exemplifies Naomi Klein's "shock doctrine" - using chaos and crisis to push through radical changes while people are too disoriented to effectively resist. This isn't just politics as usual - it's a strategic exploitation of cognitive limits.

2/ Media theorist McLuhan predicted this: When humans face information overload, they become passive and disengaged. The rapid-fire executive orders create a cognitive bottleneck, making it nearly impossible for citizens and media to thoroughly analyze any single policy

3/ Agenda-setting theory explains the strategy: When multiple major policies compete for attention simultaneously, it fragments public discourse. Traditional media can't keep up with the pace, leading to superficial coverage. The result? Weakened democratic oversight and reduced public engagement.

What now?

1/ Set boundaries: Pick 2-3 key issues you deeply care about and focus your attention there. You can't track everything - that's by design. Impact comes from sustained focus, not scattered awareness.

2/ Use aggregators & experts: Find trusted analysts who do the heavy lifting of synthesis. Look for those explaining patterns, not just events.

3/ Remember: Feeling overwhelmed is the point. When you recognize this, you regain some power. Take breaks. Process. This is a marathon.

4/ Practice going slow: Wait 48hrs before reacting to new policies. The urgent clouds the important. Initial reporting often misses context

5/ Build community: Share the cognitive load. Different people track different issues. Network intelligence beats individual overload.

Remember: They want you scattered. Your focus is resistance.

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Episcopal Bishop Budde Homily Enrages Trump and makes Family Squirm

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt blasted Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde who prayed that Trump shows 'mercy' to LGBTQI people and foreigners during a televised service last Sunday. Leavitt accused Bishop Budde of spewing 'lies' and 'weaponizing' the pulpit.

A few hours after the sermon, Trump revoked the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) guidance against arresting undocumented immigrants in churches. But as with LGBTQ rights, the president’s virulently anti-immigrant actions are deeply unpopular among American Christians, including Catholics and evangelicals.

Episcopal New Service: Presiding officers uphold Biblical call to ‘welcome the stranger’ after Trump’s anti-immigration orders

Trump Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: "It was supposed to be a unifying and bipartisan church service ... everybody there was shocked and mortified by the disturbing comments from this bishop who chose to weaponize the pulpit ... she spewed lies ... she should apologize to… pic.twitter.com/zjKwyB6vYW

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 22, 2025

"It was supposed to be a unifying and bipartisan church service", said Leavitt. Unifying means Trump is losing support from Christians. Bishop Budde was expected to make him appear divinely driven, but as a follower of Christ she couldn't.

What does the bible say about transgender people who during biblical times were known as eunuchs? And what does the bible say about foreigners who during biblical times was anyone different from yourself?

Jesus said to his followers in Mathew 19:

“Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.

Isaiah 56

"Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say, “The Lord will surely separate me from his people”; and let not the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.” For thus says the Lord: “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold fast my covenant, I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off."