Queer people who live and work in the United States are concerned about the executive order on gender that Donald Trump signed in his first week as US president.
President Donald Trump 's decision to recognise only two sexes — male and female — has sparked growing concern and confusion among the LGBTQIA+ community in the United States. executive order to end federal funding for gender-affirming careseveral people who live and work in the US spoken to by the ABC say they are worried their day-to-day lives will be affected.The order declares there are only two sexes, male and female.
The executive order tells one White House staff member to draft a bill for Congress within 30 days that would codify the definitions into law. A White House spokesperson told the US media outlet NOTUS that passports that have not expired will remain valid. "But I can see how people have been emboldened, and they're not afraid to tell me that they want to kill me.
"People even within the community aren't in alignment with what they feel is the safest move because we don't know what's next," they said.What could this mean for people travelling to the US?Canadian author and advocate Gemma Hickey flew to Seattle, Washington, a few days after the executive order on gender was signed.
One LGBTQIA+ Missourian says living in the US state — where 39 anti-LGBTQIA+ bills are currently in progress — means having "your humanity litigated day-after-day".
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