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We know this will have ripple effects that might catalyze violence against LGBTQ community members in the Global South, which will boil down to discrimination, assault, and a lot of [restrictive] policies that governments will start enacting,
he said
We’re strategizing on how to stand firm on what we believe in and for the community,
he saidThese announcements and these policy changes really affect people in a deep level,
Angel Bullard, a 22-year-old transgender student from Wyoming, told AFP
Agencies shall take all necessary steps, as permitted by law, to end the Federal funding of gender ideology,
the order said, using a catch-all phrase invoked by Trump to refer to any language inclusive of gender identity other than male or femaleThe Biden Administration forced illegal and immoral discrimination programs, going by the name 'diversity, equity, and inclusion' (DEI), into virtually all aspects of the Federal Government, in areas ranging from airline safety to the military,
said one new order ending such programsNo longer will the federal government be promoting gender ideology,
the official said
I will also end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life,
Trump said in his inauguration speech, calling the new moves a "revolution of common sense."
The Department of Treasury -- this is a little while ago now -- included diversity training that said all white people, regardless of how woke they are, contribute to racism. So this type of funding, we're going to end at these (diversity) programs. We're going to end that,
the official saidThis includes environmental justice programs, equity related grants, equity action plans, equity initiatives, these types of things,
the Trump official saidThese are sexes that are not changeable, and they are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality,
they saidFor all the skepticism that we hear about Linda McMahon, I don’t hate the fact that we’re going to have a U.S. Secretary of Education that’s really focused on workforce development and developing pathways and preparing our kids to be competitive in a global economy,
Rodrigues said
Financial aid professionals — already stretched thin by last year’s chaotic FAFSA rollout — worked long hours to meet the federal deadline for gainful employment and financial value transparency reporting,
said NASFAA Interim President Beth Maglione in a statementIf anybody looked into her background, they would say she was not a fit for this administration,
JC Bowman, executive director of Professional Educators of Tennessee and a critic of Schwinn, told Chalkbeat
We are about to get our country back and our democracy back,
Stephen Miller, a top Trump aide, said of the executive orders at a rally in downtown D.C. on SundayI think we can expect President Trump to revoke every positive executive order that the Biden administration released to uplift and protect the transgender community,
said Caius Willingham, a senior policy advocate at the nonprofit Advocates for Trans EqualityPenny has a strong record of delivering results for children and families,
Trump said in a statementI said, Linda, I’m making you the Secretary of Education. But if you do a great job, you will put yourself out of a job because you’re going to be sending it back to the states,
he saidMerit. Our country is going to be based on merit again. Can you believe it?"
Later that evening, while signing executive orders in the Oval Office, Trump told the press
It would be easy to look at this from the perspective of a loss of Title dollars and the impact on schools. But at the end of the day, we're harming children and families."
Rhonda Caldwell, CEO of the Kentucky Association of School Administrators, told CNN
I don't think anyone in our county wants to cut our school funding. And I don't think anyone voted for that. Every time we get a cut, we're going to have to change something. We're going to have to provide less for our students."
Tom Gambrel, superintendent of Bell County schools, told CNN