President Trump wasted no time in cracking down on “woke” gender ideology shortly after taking office on Monday, a move that drew a response from the most well-known progressive critics of leftist gender ideology.
“There is still a vocal segment of the left that refuses to step out of the bubble that gender is a social construct and admit that their embrace of gender identity ideology has been a disaster,” author JK Rowling wrote in an essay. X Post MondayIn response to Scottish journalist Susan Dalgety, who criticized “the left/progressives” for leaving it to Trump to assert “the physical reality of sex.”
“They were warned that the right was exploiting their betrayal of women and girls. And they didn't listen,” Rowling continued.
JK Rowling arrives at the world premiere of “Fantastic Beasts: The Secret of Dumbledore” at the Royal Festival Hall on March 29, 2022, in London, England. (Getty Images)
Trump He signed an executive order On Monday, it required government agencies to use the term “sex” instead of “gender,” while government-issued identification cards such as passports and visas adhere to “an individual’s fixed biological classification as male or female.”
During his inauguration speech in the Capitol's rotunda, Trump similarly emphasized the “male and female” message as he laid out his vision for the next four years.
The speech happened Support from conservatives On social media, they declared that “extremist gender ideology” had died in a “massive victory for America.”
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President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2025. (Jim Watson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Rowling, the famous author of the Harry Potter series, has caused several social media uproar related to gender ideology on her own, describing terms such as “cisgender” as “ideological language” and challenging Scotland’s controversial “hate crime” law by The police had the courage to arrest her For her criticism of the transgender movement.
She constantly debates with her critics on X, defends single-sex spaces, advocates for sports to be protected for biological women and supports others who share her views. She did it again and again She dismissed the progressive claims as “transphobic,” but wants trans individuals to live “in whatever way feels authentic and comfortable to them.”
Shortly after taking office, Trump also signed executive actions that roll back a slew of Biden-era policies regarding domestic energy production, border security, and diversity, equity, and inclusion in government.
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Alexander Hall of Reuters and Fox News contributed to this report.
