Ending federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and declaring that there are only two sexes will be among President-elect Donald Trump’s first actions after he is sworn in as president on Jan. 20, according to incoming White House officials.
The Trump administration will define a female as “a person belonging at conception to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell,” with the large reproductive cell being an egg cell or ovum.
Notably, the definition does not rely on chromosomes—a fact that should clear up confusion regarding intersex individuals, who may have an irregular combination of chromosomes.
On a phone call with reporters, Trump’s team advised that federal officials would continue to distinguish between sex and gender, due to the social element involved with discussions of gender norms and roles….