Trump Threatens Teachers Supporting Trans Students
President Trump’s new executive order, “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 schooling,” threatens to prosecute teachers who acknowledge or support transgender students’ identities, defining such actions as “unlawfully facilitat[ing] the social transition of a minor student.” The order also jeopardizes federal funding for schools and programs teaching about gender or race, broadly defining “discriminatory equity ideology” to encompass concepts conservatives label “critical race theory.” Furthermore, the order promotes “patriotic education,” reinstating the 1776 Commission to push a specific, arguably whitewashed, narrative of American history. This action builds upon previous efforts to restrict LGBTQ+ rights and diversity initiatives, potentially exacerbating existing anti-DEI policies across the nation.
John Q. Hosedrinker