The U.S. federal government has begun removing references to gender from websites, emails, and contracts following executive orders signed by Donald Trump. Agencies, including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Census Bureau, took down or altered websites, with the FAA’s site remaining blank as of January 31, 2025. The Bureau of Prisons changed “inmate gender” to “inmate sex” and removed transgender inmate listings.
The State Department has ordered employees to delete gender pronouns from email signatures and review programs for "gender ideology." Similar directives affected the CDC, Transportation Department, and Energy Department, leading to the removal of LGBTQ+ health resources. The move follows Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent halt on “X” gender markers for passports.
Compiled from: Joseph Gedeon and Johana Bhuiyan, "US federal workers ordered to remove pronouns from email signatures,” The Guardian, Feb. 1, 2025.