Federal agencies directed to remove 'gender ideology' from websites, contracts and emails

A government memo aimed at implementing President Donald Trump's order rolling back protections for transgender people rippled through the federal government Friday as agencies scrambled to make changes to strip “gender ideology” from websites, contracts and emails. Federal agencies directed to remove 'gender ideology' from websites, contracts and emails The Office of Personnel Management directed agency heads to have staff remove pronouns from their government emails, disband employee resource groups, and terminate grants and contracts related to the issue. It also asked agencies to remove the term “gender” from government forms and swap it out with “sex.” A Bureau of Prisons web page originally titled “Inmate Gender” was relabeled “Inmate Sex” on Friday. Much public health information was taken down from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website: contraception guidance; a fact sheet about HIV and transgender people; lessons on building supportive school environments for transgender and nonbinary kids; details about National Transgender HIV Testing Day; a set of government surveys showing transgender students suffering higher rates of depression, drug use, bullying and other problems.