(last updated 3/19/2025)
President Trump has signed a number of executive orders (EOs) that impact Trans communities, and rescinded a number of previous EOs that protected the community.
Remember that executive actions generate headlines (and confusion) but do NOT have the authority to override the United States Constitution, federal statutes, or established legal precedent. Given that, many of these orders will be difficult to implement, and efforts to do so will be challenged through litigation.
To track all of the executive orders, we recommend the EO tracker from Akin Gump. You will have to subscribe but it’s free and they won’t burden you with excess email.
To track resulting litigation resulting from the EOs and other actions by the current administration, we recommend Just Security’s tracker.
An overview of the Anti-Trans EOs is available from GLAD here.
RESOURCES
Passports and Identity Documents
- Guide to Identity Documents for Trans and Nonbinary People (Lambda Legal)
- Know Your Rights: Passports (A4TE)
- Transgender ID Project (GLAD Law)
- Learn more about your state’s policies (Movement Advancement Project)
- ID considerations for Immigration Forms and U.S. Passports for Trans, Non-binary, and Intersex People (Immigration Equality, National Immigrant Justice Center, Oasis Legal Services)
- Report passport issues directly to the ACLU.
Gender-Affirming Care
- Gender-Affirming Care Executive Order Explainer (Advocates for Trans Equality, interACT, National Women’s Law Center, Transgender Law Center, Planned Parenthood, Center for Constitutional Rights, and National LGBTQI+ Cancer Network)
Discrimination Protections
- Trump’s Executive Orders Promoting Sex Discrimination, Explained (ACLU)
- An overview of Trump’s Day One anti-transgender executive order (A coalition of LGBTQ+ advocacy groups)
- Impact of Executive Order Revoking Non-Discrimination Protections for LGBTQ Federal Employees and Employees of Federal Contractors (Williams Institute)
- A4TE Trans Survival Guide
Trans Military Ban
- Resources and Information for Transgender Service Members (A coalition of trans military and legal organizations)
- GLAD Law and NCLR have filed a challenge to the transgender military ban (GLAD Law)
K-12 Education