Transgender Research
- Oakton College Library's Government Information GuideThis is a comprehensive guide for finding a variety of government documents and information including municipal (city, village etc.) state, and federal.
Know Your Rights
- ACLU Guidance about rights for trans folks across issuesThe legal landscape for LGBTQ people is constantly evolving. Learn what to do if you experience discrimination and sign up to stay informed.
- Advocates for Trans EqualityAdvocates for Trans Equality fights for the legal and political rights of transgender people in America. This website provides a variety of relevant information and context for executive orders.
News and Analysis of Government Events & Documents
- What We Know About Trump’s New Executive Order on Trans AthletesNew York Times Feb 5 2025 Analysis of the order banning transgender women from participation in sports.
All Oakton Students and Employees have access to the NYT. If you haven't activated your account, first click on the link in "more" below before reading the article. - US health websites, datasets taken down as agencies comply with Trump executive ordersThis Feb 3, 2025 CNN article describes the impact of various executive orders and their impact on the removal of information about LGBTQ Americans from various government websites.
- Trump's executive actions curbing transgender rights focus on 'gender ideology'This Feb 7, 2025 article from NPR explains how the Trump administration defines and understands "gender ideology."
- US judge blocks Trump from sending transgender women to men's prisonsThis Feb 5, 2025 Reuters article details a Jan 30 2025 describes a federal judge that has blocked the order and argues that Trump's executive order discriminates against transgender people on the basis of sex in violation of the U.S. Constitution's Fifth Amendment.
- Federal Judge Blocks Trump Order Targeting Medical Care for Transgender YouthFeb 13 2025
The nationwide restraining order prohibits federal agencies from conditioning or withholding federal funding based on the fact that a healthcare entity or health professional provides gender-affirming medical care to a patient under nineteen. - Lawsuit Challenges Donald Trump's Passport Policy on Gender Identity IssueFeb 8 2025
A federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order that mandates U.S. government documents, including passports, recognize only a person's sex assigned at birth, was filed by seven plaintiffs who identify as transgender or nonbinary.
Executive Orders, Primary Sources
The following links use the official language of presidential orders and government documents and take you directly to these documents. For analysis, community resources, information about your rights, please look at other tabs on this page and other pages on these guides.
2025 Executive Orders
The following executive orders have many facets. What is highlighted in the description below is how they relate to the transgender community. Please consider seeking out analysis from credible sources to better understand these.
- Search for Government DocumentsSearch for executive orders and other legislation by keyword. For executive orders, limit your search by selecting the option "Compilation of Presidential Documents."
- Executive Order "Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias."This Feb 6 2025 order, as it relates to transgender Americans, likens the inclusion of LGBTQ rights to an attack on Christian Americans
- Executive Order: "Keeping Men out of Women's Sports"Signed Feb 5, 2025, this order aims to prohibit transgender women and girls from competing in female sports
- Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 SchoolsEO published 1/30/2025. This order has many parts, but relevant to this guide it "directs the incoming attorney general to work alongside state attorneys general and local district attorneys to “file appropriate actions against K-12 teachers and school officials who violate the law by...otherwise unlawfully facilitating the social transition of a minor.”
- Presidential Order "Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation"Executive order issued Jan 28,2025 seeks to end gender-affirming medical treatments for children and teenagers under the age of 19.
- Presidential Executive Order "Prioritizing Miliary Excellence and Readiness"This executive order was issued on Jan 27, 2025 and seeks to ban transgender persons from serving in the military.
- Executive Order: "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremiss and Restoring Biologcal Truth to the Federabl Government"Executive order issued Jan 20,2025 proclaims that the U.S. government will only recognize two sexes, male and female inside federal agencies, departments, and documents.
Executive Orders Prior to 2025
- Executive Order 14004—Enabling All Qualified Americans to Serve Their Country in UniformThis executive order, issued Jan 25 2021 by President Biden repealed a previously existing ban on transgender troops serving in the military.
- Executive Order (EO) 14075 on Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex IndividualsExecutive order Issued June 25, 2022 to safeguard healthcare, prevent discrimination against LGBTQIA, prevent conversion therapy and more.