President Donald Trump, a victor in the 2024 presidential election in large part due to the increasingly radical culture war facing America, is pushing back against woke ideology in a big way. Shortly after stepping into office for his second, non-consecutive term, he signed an Executive Order that ensured the federal government would not longer be in the practice of “mutilating” children, as he declared.
As his administration continues seeking to protect minors, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon recently convened a roundtable to discuss the impact of promoting the ability of young people to transition from one sex to the other. The March 12th event took place on “Detrans Awareness Day” and featured many speakers who themselves had “detransitioned” after realizing what they had done to their minds and bodies.
“We stand firmly alongside parents, advocates, and detransitioners in their fight to protect children from the serious harms caused by radical gender ideology,” Secretary McMahon wrote on X, where she included photos of herself with some of the participants. Detrans Awareness Day was established in 2021, preceding the alternative narrative’s own day of recognition “Trans Awareness Day” which was extablished in 2009 and annually takes place on the last day of March.
Speaking after the meeting, she went on to say that she was “honored yesterday to welcome this group to the Department of Education. I commend the young people in attendance for bravely sharing their experiences—and the medical and mental health professionals and parents for their tireless advocacy.”
“No teacher should attempt to persuade or coerce a student to undergo a gender transition. No parent should be lied to or prevented from knowing what is going on with their child’s mental or physical health. We stand firmly alongside parents, professionals, advocates, and especially detransitioners, who understand firsthand the damage caused by indoctrinating kids to believe that they can ever be ‘born in the wrong body,” she added.
Previously, President Trump had issued a forceful rebuke to the idea that young children can and should embark on a journey of social and physical transition. In the Executive Order from January 28th of this year, he said in no uncertain terms that his administration would halt previously-accepted policies and practices. “Accordingly, it is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called “transition” of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures,” the EO stated in part.
Trump referenced the moment at his Joint Congressional Address just a week later. “Shortly after taking office, I signed an executive order banning public schools from indoctrinating our children with transgender ideology. I also signed in order to cut off all taxpayer funding to any institution that engages in the sexual mutilation of our youth. And now I want Congress to pass a bill permanently banning and criminalizing sex changes on children and forever ending the lie that any child is trapped in the wrong body, this is a big lie, and our message to every child In America is that you are perfect, exactly the way God made you,” the president said.
Watch that moment from the Joint Congressional Address below:
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