CDC removes vital HIV data and LGBTQ references from websites [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.

Vital 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.

This is one of the images deleted from the @CDCgov historical archive, by the way. I downloaded it this morning and can’t access it anymore. We are ready to repeat the past. https://t.co/b7iF7uAjJH pic.twitter.com/4FqEJcoOmi

— Danielle Beckman (@DaniBeckman) February 1, 2025

According to the Washington Post, CDC employees were told via email that they were to remove “all outward facing media (websites, social …