Action Alerts - January 31, 2025
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TLDR - Highlights
While the freeze on federal funding has been rescinded, the Trump Administration issued executive orders on Transgender people in the US military and gender-affirming care for people under the age of 19.
Activist Erin Reed notes that the ban on Transgender people in the military breaks from a pattern of using loose “medical” arguments and debunked “science” to restrict Transgender rights and goes after Trans people as “liars” and being “dishonorable.”
The US House of Representatives proposed a resolution to condemn and censor Bishop Mariann Budde for urging President Trump to have mercy.
What’s Catching Our Eyes
Human Rights Campaign - “Background on Trump Executive Order Targeting Health Care for Transgender People Under 19”
Erin in the Morning - “A Line By Line Analysis Of Trump's Youth Care Ban Executive Order”
NPR - “Trump signs an order restricting gender-affirming care for minors”
Teen Vogue - “Trump's Executive Order on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth: What We Know About His Attempted Ban”
LGBTQ Nation - “Donald Trump bans trans people from serving in the military in hateful executive order”
TransPreacher1 - “Response to EO”
The Buckeye Flame2 - “Ohio trans veterans respond to Trump’s move to ban military service by transgender Americans”
Erin in the Morning - “The Chilling Line Trump Just Crossed On Transgender People”
NPR - “Trans servicemember says 'we will do the best we can" amid Trump proposed military ban”
Reuters - “How transgender troops prepared to fight Trump's new policy”
The Hill - “5 takeaways on Trump’s order on transgender military service”
SPARTA Pride - “SPARTA Pride, Community Of Transgender Americans Serving In The Military, Issues Statement”
The Wrap - “Trans Navy Commander Says Trump’s Ban Would Leave ‘Critical Holes’ in America’s Military”
Global Project Against Hate and Extremism - “Trans Military Ban Signals Shift Toward Christian Nationalism, Threatening LGBTQ+ Rights.”
LGBTQ Nation - “Veteran blasts trans military ban in the wake of recruitment woes: Cis men are ‘too scared to serve’”
American Constitution Society - “Executive Orders and the Erasure of Trans People”
Mother Jones - “Trump Tells DOJ to Prosecute Teachers Who ‘Unlawfully’ Support Trans or Nonbinary Students”
Baptist News Global (Opinion) - “Now the US House wants to censor a preacher?”
The Columbus Dispatch (Opinion) - “Donald Trump stripped my son of his rights and dignity. America shrugged.”
Reasons for Hope
The LOVEboldly Devotional 2025 - “Every Day, I Thank God for You, My Queer Son”
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