President Donald Trump’s flurry of executive orders, signed on his first day back in the White House, are riddled with illegal and unconstitutional demands. The order aimed at eradicating trans and gender-nonconforming people is no exception, and bears the added honor of spouting unscientific nonsense.

Additionally, Trump rescinded two executive orders, both signed by President Biden, that lifted the ban on transgender service members, and attempted to address discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex individuals.

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.