Among President Donald Trump‘s flurry of executive orders was a new rule proclaiming that the U.S. government will only recognize two genders.
While some local organizations are applauding the move in Massachusetts, others are supporting the LGBTQ+ community, many of whom fear what comes next.
The executive order requires “government-issued identification documents, including passports, visas and global entry cards, accurately reflect the holder’s sex.”
Dallas Ducar, Fenway Health’s executive vice president for donor engagement and external relations, noted many people rushed to change their gender markers on federal documents while they still could under the Biden administration.
“As a openly trans woman, I was hurt and horrified that my own federal government would be so oppositional to my existence and the existence of millions of other trans people across the country,” said Ducar. “It’s sending a message that you are not one who belongs in this administrations vision for America.”
Some of President …