On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued executive orders that transgender rights activists described as "hateful." Invoking biological definitions of sex that are contested, one order effectively argues that "trans-ness is not real,

President Donald Trump has delivered a series of executive orders after being sworn into office, one of which declared that the US government will recognise “only two genders, male and female”. The White House has now suggested that the executive order will remove the “X” gender marker on passports and other government-issued IDs for trans and non-binary people in the US.

There's a good reason why Donald Trump's executive order about transgender people should be of concern to everyone. The order, issued on Monday, is titled "DEFENDING WOMEN FROM GENDER IDEOLOGY EXTREMISM AND RESTORING BIOLOGICAL TRUTH TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.