CDC Removes Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Pages: What Advocates Said
CDC) started to remove language related to gender identity and sexual orientation in accordance with an executive order that President Donald Trump signed on Inauguration Day.Newsweek reached out to the CDC for comment by email on Friday night.On Inauguration Day, Trump signed an executive order titled "Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government." The order mandated that his administration would use "clear and accurate language and policies that recognize women are biologically female, and men are biologically male."The federal government will also use the word "sex" instead of "gender" with all official documents, including passports, visas and Global Entry cards, "accurately reflect the holder's sex.""Agencies are no longer going to promote gender ideology through communication forms and other messages," a Trump administration official told reporters at the time, adding that "federal funds shall not be used to promote gender ideology."Several websites related to topics of gender identity and sexual orientation have been taken down on the CDC website as of Friday evening.
The CDC did not say how long these pages would be down, or how many pages may be impacted by these changes.Impacted webpages include "Health Disparities Among LGBTQ Youth" and "Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth," which remain search results on Google but once opened only bring up a page saying "The page you're looking for was not found." The webpage suggests trying the CDC archives or the A-Z index.The archives only bring up former documents that may include references to these topics.According to the Associated Press, other pages affected by these changes include contraception guidance, a fact sheet about HIV and transgender people, lessons on building supportive school environments for transgender and nonbinary children and details about National Transgender HIV Testing Day."Atlas Plus," an interactive tool that let users analyze CDC data on.
