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Trump Admin Suppresses Gender-Identity Data in Civil Rights Report

9/5/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration released an updated Civil Rights Data Collection that suppressed all gender-identity data.
An inauguration-day executive order defined sex as only male or female, prompting the suppression.
The Justice Department sued the Kansas City, Kansas school system over its transgender-student policies.
The Associated Press reported every gender-identity column marked “Suppressed in Compliance with Executive Order.”

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration released an updated Civil Rights Data Collection that suppressed all gender-identity data.
An inauguration-day executive order defined sex as only male or female, prompting the suppression.
The Justice Department sued the Kansas City, Kansas school system over its transgender-student policies.
The Associated Press reported every gender-identity column marked “Suppressed in Compliance with Executive Order.”