The rule could have heavy impacts towards trans people across society.
Last week, the Trump administration quietly released a sweeping new federal rule that would use funding threats to force institutions across the country to reject transgender people. The 400-page proposed regulation would codify the administration's anti-trans executive orders into binding federal policy, imposing a blanket prohibition on federal funds going toward "gender ideology"
The proposed rule, formally titled "Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance," rewrites the government-wide framework governing all federal grants across every agency. Among its most consequential provisions, it requires that before a federal grant recipient can receive money, the award must pass a "pre-issuance review" conducted by a political appointee—not a career expert or peer reviewer—to ensure it is "consistent with applicable law, Federal agency priorities, and the national interest." The regulation explicitly instructs these appointees to screen for "denial by the recipient of the sex binary in humans or the notion that sex is a chosen or mutable characteristic." [...] An institution that acknowledges transgender people exist—through its policies, its training, its healthcare, its bathroom access, its HR procedures, its name-change processes—could be deemed to "deny the sex binary" or to “support the notion that sex is mutable” and have its federal funding blocked.
Importantly, the gender ideology prohibition has no age limitation—hospitals could be targeted not just for providing care to minors but for providing gender-affirming care to adults, because prescribing hormone therapy to a transgender patient of any age could be deemed promoting the belief that "sex is a chosen or mutable characteristic."
This is all very bad and horrible, but I want to be clear that it’s worse and more sweeping than just eliminating trans research.
This torches everything. And I do mean everything.
A very abbreviated list of its ramifications include (but are not limited to):
ending funding for ALL DEI related initiatives
allowing the government to terminate grants at any point for any reason
preventing researchers from publishing, going to conferences, and being part of academic societies
requiring that topics must support the president’s agenda.
What this means, and if anything I’m under selling it, is the death of science and research in America. It allows the government to restrict any topic they please at a whims notice, putting officials who have no background in the topic in charge of deciding funding continuity. It controls what gets researched and if/how researchers are allowed to share their discoveries. There are no books to burn if the government never allows them to be written. This is fascism plain and simple.
Please, if you only ever write one public comment, this is the one to do.
Bringing back this guide to writing an effective public comment. This gives you the basics you need to know, what you need to include, a basic outline you can follow, etc.
Public comments are not a vote, it is a chance for you to say "here is an issue with this law I think you need to address" and provide justification for legal challenges if it goes forward:
"Comments raise the bar that agencies have to meet when making a rule; “if an agency fails to adequately respond to significant, relevant comments in a final rule, members of the public may seek to challenge the rule in court on that basis and claim it could be struck down.ˮ"
But also, if possible, don't stop at writing a comment. Don't stop at calling your representatives. You should ideally be talking to people in your community about this and organizing resistance on-the-ground; there is a good chance people are already doing that even if you aren't hearing about it.
Forced to Rebuild From Zero: A Father’s Plea to Protect His Children in Gaza 💔
We have been forced to rebuild our lives from the ashes so many times that I have lost count. Do not mistake this for temporary displacement. Do not insult our agony by calling it a "fresh start." This is not a new chapter; it is a brutal, exhausting fight to stay alive.
Again, I was forced to flee with my children and rebuild our lives from zero. Every time we move, I try to convince my children that the next place will finally be safer. Better. Permanent. And every time, we end up surrounded by rubble, fear, freezing nights, insects, rats, and uncertainty. 🏚️
I am a Palestinian father from Gaza. I am not asking for luxury. I am not asking for comfort. I am only asking for the basic human right to protect my children.
Today, as you can see in the photos, we moved once again into a damaged apartment because it was the only shelter we could find. The place is unsafe and barely livable.
It urgently needs:
Wood and plastic sheeting to close exposed areas 🪵🪟
Basic repairs to make it structurally safer
Mattresses and essential supplies 🛏️
Protection from weather, insects, rats, and disease 🪰⛈️
My children are already suffering from insect bites, skin irritation, exhaustion, and the trauma of constant displacement.
I swear to you — we have nothing left except the kindness of strangers. Here in Gaza, nobody can survive alone anymore. No savings. No stability. No safe shelter for my children.
Right now, I urgently need to raise $1,000 to make this damaged shelter barely safe enough for my children to sleep in.
Current Status: $10,857
Immediate Goal: $11,857 🎯
Our GoFundMe campaign has been stuck at $10,857 for five days with no donations (as of May 20). These donations have been helping meet the basic needs of my extended family of seven since November 10, 2024. I am now appealing to you for help.
Even the smallest donation or share could help us survive and create one safe corner for my family. I will continue sharing transparent updates so every supporter can see exactly how their help is used.
My name is Mohammed. My identity and campaign have been verified:
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Please… do not scroll past our suffering this time. 🫂
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