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Public Records Reveal How Agencies Complied With Trump's Anti-Trans Order

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Using the Freedom of Information Act, 404 Media has obtained several memos that government agencies were required to create by President Trump in order to comply with his “Defending Women” executive order. The memos explain exactly how different agencies are seeking to purge the notion that trans people exist.

Many of the changes laid out in the memos had been previously reported by 404 Media and other news outlets. But the fact that we got anything back from FOIA at all indicates that it will likely be possible to get information about what the administration is doing by using public records requests. FOIA may indeed be a way to bring transparency and some semblance of accountability to an administration that has gutted the federal workforce and has attempted to evade public records laws , especially when those FOIAs are filed with non-DOGE agencies. In the first month of Trump’s administration, we have filed dozens of requests across many different agencies, including DOGE. We also led a