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Feb 10, 2025 Trump administration signed executive orders directing removal of terms related to race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability from federal health agency websites Tier 1 · Primary Information, Memory and Manipulation
Scrubbing diversity-related terminology from health information disrupted access to evidence-based medical guidance for providers and patients.
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- Trump signed executive orders to scrub diversity terms from health websites — On his first day in office, Donald Trump signed executive orders mandating the removal of terms related to race, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities, and other diversity-related terms from U.S. health agency websites. This action led to the temporary removal of thousands of webpages and the permanent alteration of content, affecting the availability of vital health information. The orders have raised concerns about the impact on health research and the ability of healthcare providers to access necessary information for evidence-based care.
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Week 4 – 2025-02-08–2025-02-14
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Jan 20, 2025 Trump signed an executive order removing 'gender ideology guidance' and deleting LGBTQ health data and terminology from federal websites Tier 1 · Primary Information, Memory and Manipulation
Systematic removal of public health data and terminology related to transgender Americans erased information used by hospitals, schools, and researchers, reducing public access to evidence-based resources.
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- Trump administration issued Executive Order 14168 directing federal agencies to delete LGBTQ health pages, suicide-risk data, and trans-related terminology from government records — Executive Order 14168, signed January 20, 2025, directed federal agencies to delete LGBTQ health pages, suicide-risk data, trans-related terminology, public health guidance, federal surveys, workforce protections, and research pages from government systems. Almost overnight, web pages went dark and guidance documents disappeared. Datasets that once helped hospitals, schools, and researchers understand risk and allocate resources became inaccessible. Some pages were restored only after lawsuits forced agencies to comply with transparency requirements.
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Week 1 – 2025-01-20–2025-01-24
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Jan 20, 2025 Trump administration directed removal of hundreds of LGBTQ- and race-related books from federal military-base school libraries Tier 1 · Primary Information, Memory and Manipulation
Removing books on identity and history from schools serving military families restricts access to information until a federal judge ordered the materials restored.
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- Trump administration issued directives removing LGBTQ and race-related books from federal military-base schools — The Trump administration issued directives around "gender ideology" that reshaped education in federal military-base schools. Administrators removed hundreds of LGBTQ- and race-related books from shelves. A federal judge ordered the books restored after legal challenge. Teacher unions warned that educators now face legal and administrative risks for using a student's correct name or pronouns. Federal guidance discouraged any support for social transition, even when recommended by medical professionals.
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Week 1 – 2025-01-20–2025-01-24
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