State Lawmakers Need to Keep Working to Oppose the ‘Gender Agenda’

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Contact: Robert D. Thompson

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State Lawmakers Need to Keep Working to Oppose the ‘Gender Agenda’

WASHINGTON / March 12, 2025 — Since January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump has signed 83 Executive Orders, including ones dealing with transgender issues. (1) These Orders include:

Ordering federal agencies to only recognize a biological, binary definition of sex, (2)

Prohibiting federal money from being used to provide ”gender-affirming” care to federal inmates; and

Authorizing the Pentagon to bar transgender soldiers and sailors from serving. (3)

Executive Orders are being challenged in the Federal Courts, Including 10 lawsuits on the transgender issue. (4) and (5)

Despite these Orders, transgender advocates continue to work at the local level to advance their unscientific agenda. Parents Defending Education has developed an IndocNation Map that provides examples of school districts disregarding parental rights regarding children who undergo gender transitioning in public schools. (6) For example, the Buncombe County Schools in North Carolina has a school policy to keep gender identity of students hidden from parents. (7)

A number of state-level bills have been introduced on gender transitioning, use of bathroom facilities, and gender transitioning of children in public schools. A few examples include:

Kentucky: Senate Bill 2, which passed two weeks ago, will end hormone treatments for 67 current Kentucky inmates and prohibit the use of public funds for any future gender-affirming surgeries for transgender prisoners. (8) and (9)
West Virginia: Senate Bill 154, which recently passed the Senate, aims to restrict instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools. The bill prohibits public school employees from providing false or misleading information to parents regarding a student’s gender identity or intention to transition. (10) and (11)
Texas: HB 3817 would make it illegal for a person to present to an employer or a governmental agency as different from their birth sex. The bill defines this as gender identity fraud. (12) and (13)

In addition, several state legislators are introducing legislation regarding persons who use opposite sex bathroom facilities, such as:

Texas: Bills (HB 239) and (SB 249) would assure that women’s locker rooms, shelters, bathrooms, and other sex separated spaces are safe and private for women. both bills are known as The Texas Woman’s Privacy Act. (14) and (15)

Other legislation concerns the use of pronouns and a parental right to know if their child is being transitioned in schools:

Oklahoma: House Bill 1361 (HB1361) prohibits students and school personnel from using certain pronouns or alternate names in certain situations. (16)
Missouri: House Bill 1085 (HB1085) prohibit public school staff from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity in the classroom. (17)

SAVE urges state lawmakers to continue to introduce bills that address these important issues.

SAVE – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments – is a 501(c)3 organization working to assure due process, fairness, and equal opportunities for men.

Links:

10). https://blog.wvlegislature.gov/headline/2025/03/06/senate-passes-pair-of-bills-dealing-with-transgender-issues/

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