EO 14168, "Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government"

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President; government-wide implementation directed through OPM, OMB, and every agency
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Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
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Executive order
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EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVES

Summary

The foundational definitional order. Declares U.S. policy to "recognize two sexes, male and female," defines "sex" as immutable biological classification fixed "at conception," and defines "gender ideology" as a concept that "replace[s] the biological category of sex." Directs: (1) all agencies and documents to use "sex" not "gender"; (2) State and DHS to require government-issued identification documents, including passports and visas, to reflect sex as so defined (ending the X marker and self-selected markers); (3) BOP to house transgender women in men's facilities and to end federally funded gender-affirming care in custody; (4) agencies to ensure sex-separated single-sex spaces (shelters, prisons, rape crisis centers) are designated by birth sex; (5) agencies to end federal funding of "gender ideology" and rescind guidance documents inconsistent with the order (a list of 11 named guidance documents); and (6) OPM to conform federal-workforce policy. EO number 14168; 90 FR 8615 (Jan. 30, 2025).

Status

Largely in effect. Passport provision: preliminarily enjoined nationwide for a certified class June 17, 2025 (Orr v. Trump, D. Mass.), but the Supreme Court stayed that injunction November 6, 2025 (Trump v. Orr), allowing sex-at-birth passport issuance to resume while litigation continues (see sections 6, 10). Prison provisions: enjoined as to Bureau of Prisons transgender prisoners with gender dysphoria (D.D.C., Lamberth, J., preliminary injunction June 3, 2025; earlier TROs Jan. 30 and Feb. 4, 2025) (see section 7). Funding provision §3(g): enjoined as applied in Washington, Minnesota, Oregon, and Colorado (W.D. Wash., Mar. 1, 2025). Language/website and workforce directives in effect, with a Feb. 13, 2025 order (D.D.C., Bates, J.) requiring restoration of some removed health webpages (see section 12). Update, Sept. 23, 2026: As to the passport provision specifically (this order does not touch the prison, funding, or workforce provisions of the same EO addressed elsewhere in this entry): On Sept. 17, 2026, the court (Kobick, J.) granted plaintiffs' Rule 56(d) motion and denied without prejudice the pending cross-motions for summary judgment (D. Mass. No. 1:25-cv-10313, ECF 145, 174, 187, 200), setting a schedule under which fact discovery closes March 31, 2027, dispositive motions are due Aug. 13, 2027, and a status conference is set for April 1, 2027; the passport policy remains in effect in the meantime.

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Exec. Order No. 14,168, 90 Fed. Reg. 8615 (Jan. 30, 2025).

Short form: Exec. Order No. 14,168, 90 Fed. Reg. at 8615.