US mulls revoking recognition of transgender people: Report
Transgender Democratic Party member Christine Hallquist was lauded as a pioneer when she won a seat in the Virginia state legislature last year. She hopes to become America's first transgender governor, in next month's midterm elections.PHOTO: AFP
PUBLISHED OCT 22, 2018, 2:33 AM SGT
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The administration of United States President Donald Trump is considering a proposal to narrowly define gender as a biological, immutable condition determined by birth genitalia, The New York Times reported on Sunday (Oct 21).
According to a memo obtained by The Times, the Department of Health and Human Services is leading the effort to establish a legal definition of sex under federal civil rights law that bans gender discrimination in government-funded education programmes.
It is the latest effort by President Trump's administration to chip away at protections for the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) community.
PUBLISHED OCT 22, 2018, 2:33 AM SGT
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The administration of United States President Donald Trump is considering a proposal to narrowly define gender as a biological, immutable condition determined by birth genitalia, The New York Times reported on Sunday (Oct 21).
According to a memo obtained by The Times, the Department of Health and Human Services is leading the effort to establish a legal definition of sex under federal civil rights law that bans gender discrimination in government-funded education programmes.
It is the latest effort by President Trump's administration to chip away at protections for the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) community.