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People hold flags outside the US Supreme Court on December 4, 2024 in Washington

People hold flags outside the US Supreme Court on December 4, 2024 in Washington, DC, during oral argument on whether states can ban certain gender transition medical treatments for young people. Roberto Schmidt, AFP

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Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1738109120665LGBTQ.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">People hold flags outside the US Supreme Court on December 4, 2024 in Washington, DC, during oral argument on whether states can ban certain gender transition medical treatments for young people. <em>Roberto Schmidt, AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to restrict gender transition procedures for people under the age of 19, in his latest move targeting transgender people since returning to office.</p><p>The order comes the week after Trump said in his inauguration speech that his government would only recognize two genders, male and female, plugging into an issue at the heart of America&#x27;s culture wars.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/1/21/trump-decrees-end-of-diversity-programs-lgbtq-protections-1155">Trump decrees end of diversity programs, LGBTQ protections</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/1/28/trump-says-will-sign-order-to-get-transgender-ideology-out-of-military-0845">Trump says will sign order to get &#x27;transgender ideology&#x27; out of military</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/2025/1/15/us-house-passes-bill-banning-transgender-students-from-women-s-sports-0826">US House passes bill banning transgender students from women&#x27;s sports</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/1/20/trump-to-end-diversity-programs-define-2-genders-incoming-official-0031">Trump says &#x27;only two genders&#x27;, will end diversity programs</a></div><p>&quot;Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children,&quot; said the order. &quot;This dangerous trend will be a stain on our Nation&#x27;s history, and it must end.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2024/12/22/trump-vows-to-stop-transgender-lunacy-as-a-top-priority-0750">Trump vows to &#x27;stop transgender lunacy&#x27; as a top priority</a></div><p>Trump&#x27;s order said it would now be US policy that it would &quot;not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called &#x27;transition&#x27; of a child from one sex to another.&quot;</p><p>These included the what he called &quot;chemical and surgical mutilation&quot; -- including puberty blockers, hormones and gender-altering surgery.</p><p>He added that the government would now &quot;rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.&quot;</p><p>While there is no US-wide law against gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender youth, Trump ordered an end to any federal backing for such procedures.</p><p>This includes barring funding for gender transitions under the Medicaid health insurance program for poor families, the Medicare scheme used by retirees, and under US Defense Department health insurance that covers some 2 million children.</p><p>Trump said he would also work with Congress to draft legislation to allow children and parents to sue doctors who had carried out gender surgery.</p><p>Trump told the Davos forum last week that gender surgery &quot;will occur very rarely&quot; under his administration.</p><p>Two dozen Republican-led states have already enacted laws restricting medical care for gender transitions for minors.</p><p>US Supreme Court justices clashed over the issue in December as they debated a Tennessee law banning puberty blockers or hormone therapy for under 18s.</p><p>dk/bgs</p><p>© Agence France-Presse</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_LYuxh-5vAQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to restrict gender transition procedures for people under the age of 19, in his latest move targeting transgender people since returning to office.</p>

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to restrict gender transition procedures for people under the age of 19, in his latest move targeting transgender people since returning to office.

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Trump orders curbs on gender transitions for minors

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Published Jan 29, 2025 08:05 AM PHT

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