A Look at How Trump’s Gender Policies Have Fared in the Courts So Far

Policies on passport gender markers and gender dysphoria in the military were blocked by lower courts, but the Supreme Court has intervened.

Protesters in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears a case over banning gender procedures for minors, in Washington on Dec. 4, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

President Donald Trump’s return to the White House came with a flurry of executive orders, and among them were some that impacted how the government addresses transgender issues.

Here’s what to know about a few of Trump’s policies, and the way the courts have handled them.

Passports and Government Documents

On his first day in office, Trump issued a wide-reaching executive order with the stated intent to defend women from “gender ideology extremism” that allowed “men to self-identify as women and gain access to intimate single-sex spaces and activities designed for women, from women’s domestic abuse shelters to women’s workplace showers.”