CDC removes references to trans people on website [Video]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) removed and edited any references to transgender people, gender identity, and equity from its website on Friday.

Pages about HIV testing for transgender people and information on supporting LGBTQ+ youth and their healthcare were no longer available on the CDC website, in order to comply with a raft of executive orders signed by Trump that targets trans rights and diversity and inclusion policies.

The executive orders stated that “all agency programs that use taxpayer money to promote or reflect gender ideology” must be stopped and that the United States would only recognise two sexes: male and female.

According to the Washington Post, CDC employees were told via email that they were to remove “all outward facing media (websites, social media accounts, etc.) that inculcate or promote gender ideology by 5pm on Friday (January 31).

Pages that list vaccines recommended by the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee were no longer available due to its inclusion of the mpox vaccine, as well as other …