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Yahoo
08-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
CDC staff told to remove terms like 'non-binary,' 'they/them,' 'pregnant people' from public health material
Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been told to remove words frequently associated with progressive gender ideology from research manuscripts that they intend to publish. A screenshot of a leaked internal email sent out to CDC staff, obtained by the newsletter Inside Medicine, showed a list of terms and phrases that must be removed from scientific manuscripts produced by the agency's researchers and intended for publication. Those terms included: "gender," "transgender," "pregnant person," "pregnant people," "LGBT," "transsexual," "non-binary," "nonbinary," "assigned male at birth," "assigned female at birth," "biologically male" and "biologically female." According to the Washington Post, the list includes about 20 terms. They indicated that the directive also ordered the removal of any use of "they/them." Lgbt Activists Mobilize To Challenge Trump's 'Extreme Gender Ideology' Executive Orders The rule affects manuscripts under review, as well as those accepted but not yet published, no matter whether they are intended for internal circulation only or circulation outside the CDC. A CDC spokesperson told Fox News Digital that "All changes to HHS and HHS division websites/manuscripts are in accordance with President Trump's January 20 Executive Orders." Read On The Fox News App After taking office last month, President Donald Trump signed a slew of Day One executive orders, including one that attempts to root out "gender ideology extremism" and restore "biological truth" to the federal government. Meanwhile, in line with that order, the Trump administration's Office of Personnel Management issued a memo a little over a week later calling on all federal agencies to "take prompt actions to end all agency programs that use taxpayer money to promote or reflect gender ideology." Feds Spent Millions Studying Trans Menstruation, Strengthening Gay Rights In The Balkans, Database Reveals In addition to the terms, CDC web pages titled "Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth | Adolescent and School Health" and "April 18 is National Transgender HIV Testing Day" have also been removed. The removal of the terms may make it hard to read surveys and research that utilizes them as demographic identifiers, The Post reported. "If you are trying to optimize society, you can't just pretend some people aren't in it," executive director of the National LGBTQI+ Cancer Network, Scout, who legally goes by only one name, told The article source: CDC staff told to remove terms like 'non-binary,' 'they/them,' 'pregnant people' from public health material
Fox News
07-02-2025
- Health
- Fox News
CDC staff told to remove terms like 'non-binary,' 'they/them,' 'pregnant people' from public health material
Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been told to remove words frequently associated with progressive gender ideology from research manuscripts that they intend to publish. A screenshot of a leaked internal email sent out to CDC staff, obtained by the newsletter Inside Medicine, showed a list of terms and phrases that must be removed from scientific manuscripts produced by the agency's researchers and intended for publication. Those terms included: "gender," "transgender," "pregnant person," "pregnant people," "LGBT," "transsexual," "non-binary," "nonbinary," "assigned male at birth," "assigned female at birth," "biologically male" and "biologically female." According to the Washington Post, the list includes about 20 terms. They indicated that the directive also ordered the removal of any use of "they/them." The rule affects manuscripts under review, as well as those accepted but not yet published, no matter whether they are intended for internal circulation only or circulation outside the CDC. A CDC spokesperson told Fox News Digital that "All changes to HHS and HHS division websites/manuscripts are in accordance with President Trump's January 20 Executive Orders." After taking office last month, President Donald Trump signed a slew of Day One executive orders, including one that attempts to root out "gender ideology extremism" and restore "biological truth" to the federal government. Meanwhile, in line with that order, the Trump administration's Office of Personnel Management issued a memo a little over a week later calling on all federal agencies to "take prompt actions to end all agency programs that use taxpayer money to promote or reflect gender ideology." In addition to the terms, CDC web pages titled "Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth | Adolescent and School Health" and "April 18 is National Transgender HIV Testing Day" have also been removed. The removal of the terms may make it hard to read surveys and research that utilizes them as demographic identifiers, The Post reported. "If you are trying to optimize society, you can't just pretend some people aren't in it," executive director of the National LGBTQI+ Cancer Network, Scout, who legally goes by only one name, told The Post.
South China Morning Post
31-01-2025
- Health
- South China Morning Post
Pages wiped from US government websites as Trump targets ‘gender ideology'
Public health data disappeared from websites, entire web pages went blank and employees erased pronouns from email signatures on Friday as federal agencies scrambled to comply with a directive tied to US President Donald Trump's order rolling back protections for transgender people. The Office of Personnel Management directed agency heads to strip 'gender ideology' from websites, contracts and emails in a memo sent on Wednesday, with changes ordered to be instituted by 5pm on Friday. It also directed agencies to disband employee resource groups, terminate grants and contracts related to the issue, and replace the term 'gender' with 'sex' on government forms. Much public health information was taken down from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention's website: contraception guidance; a fact sheet about HIV and transgender people; lessons on building supportive school environments for transgender and non-binary children; details about National Transgender HIV Testing Day; a set of government surveys showing transgender students suffering higher rates of depression, drug use, bullying and other problems. Some pages appeared with the message: 'The page you're looking for was not found.' 03:03 Trump signs series of executive orders on first day back in White House Trump signs series of executive orders on first day back in White House Disease experts said eliminating resources created dangerous gaps in scientific information. The Infectious Diseases Society of America, a medical association, issued a statement decrying the removal of information about HIV and people who are transgender. Access is 'critical to efforts to end the HIV epidemic,' the organisation's leaders said.
Associated Press
31-01-2025
- Politics
- Associated Press
A list of government web pages that have gone dark to comply with Trump orders
A number of U.S. government web pages changed or went dark Friday as agencies scrambled to comply with President Donald Trump's executive orders declaring his administration would recognize only two genders and ordering an end to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. In a letter sent on Wednesday, the Office of Personnel Management directed agency heads to terminate grants and contracts related to 'gender ideology,' ask staff to remove pronouns from their government emails, and disband resource groups on the issue, too. The directive, which ordered agencies to institute changes by 5 p.m. on Friday, also asked agencies to remove the term 'gender' from government forms and swap it out with 'sex.' Here is a list of changes and missing pages seen so far. A number of pages have popped up since being taken down, some with changes: 1. National Park Service pages for historic sites related to the internment of Japanese Americans, the Tuskegee Airmen and the Stonewall Uprising for gay rights were inaccessible. 2. The State Department removed the X gender marker and replaced 'gender' with 'sex' on online consular forms. A page with tips for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer travelers was altered, now offering 'LGB Travel Information' omitting the T and Q. 3. Much of the U.S. Census Bureau website, which houses the nation's vast repository of demographic data, returned error messages. 4. A Bureau of Prisons web page originally titled 'Inmate Gender' was relabeled 'Inmate Sex' on Friday. A breakdown of transgender inmates in federal prisons was no longer included. 5. Much public health information was taken down from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website: contraception guidance; a fact sheet about HIV and transgender people; lessons on building supportive school environments for transgender and nonbinary kids; details about National Transgender HIV Testing Day; a set of government surveys showing transgender students suffering higher rates of depression, drug use, bullying and other problems.
The Independent
31-01-2025
- Health
- The Independent
Health data and webpages disappear as Trump administration targets 'gender ideology'
Public health data disappeared from websites, entire webpages went blank and employees erased pronouns from email signatures Friday as federal agencies scrambled to comply with a directive tied to President Donald Trump 's order rolling back protections for transgender people. The Office of Personnel Management directed agency heads to strip 'gender ideology' from websites, contracts and emails in a memo sent Wednesday, with changes ordered to be instituted by 5 p.m. Friday. It also directed agencies to disband employee resource groups, terminate grants and contracts related to the issue, and swap the term 'gender' for 'sex' on government forms. Much public health information was taken down from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 's website: contraception guidance; a fact sheet about HIV and transgender people; lessons on building supportive school environments for transgender and nonbinary kids; details about National Transgender HIV Testing Day; a set of government surveys showing transgender students suffering higher rates of depression, drug use, bullying and other problems. Some pages appeared with the message: "The page you're looking for was not found." A Bureau of Prisons web page originally titled 'Inmate Gender' was relabeled 'Inmate Sex' on Friday. A breakdown of transgender inmates in federal prisons was no longer included. At the State Department, all employees were ordered to remove gender-specific pronouns from their email signatures. The directive, from the acting head of the Bureau of Management, said this was required to comply with Trump's executive orders and that the department was also removing all references to 'gender ideology' from websites and internal documents. 'All employees are required to remove any gender identifying pronouns from email signature blocks by 5:00 PM today,' said the order from Tibor Nagy. 'Your cooperation is essential as we navigate these changes together.' An official from the U.S. Agency for International Development said staffers were directed to flag the use of the word 'gender' in each of thousands of award contracts. Warnings against gender discrimination are standard language in every such contract. The official spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal, under a Trump administration gag order prohibiting USAID staffers from speaking with people outside their agency. The official said staffers fear that programs and jobs related to inclusion efforts, gender issues and issues specific to women are being singled out and possibly targeted under two Trump executive orders. Trump's executive order, signed on his first day back in office, calls for the federal government to define sex as only male or female and for that to be reflected on official documents such as passports and policies such as federal prison assignments. ___ Mike Stobbe in New York and Amanda Seitz, Matthew Lee and Ellen Knickmeyer in Washington contributed to this report. ___ The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Science and Educational Media Group and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
