Entertainment world reacts to Donald Trump’s “two gender” policy: “The right to be who we truly are, is vital”

nme.com:

Donald Trump has ruled that the United States of America will only recognise two sexes, male and female – see what celebrities have had to say about the policy below.Yesterday (January 20), Donald Trump was sworn in as President of the United States for a second time.

During his inauguration speech, the President declared: “As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female.”While it initially appeared that Trump had mixed up the terms “sex” and “gender”, his administration clarified that the President would sign an executive order that would recognise two sexes only – male and female – and declare that they cannot be changed and that federal employers would need to use the term sex, not gender.For reference, sex refers to biological characteristics of a human whereas gender refers to characteristics of male and female that are socially constructed.Since his declaration, a handful of celebrities have taken to social media to share their thoughts on the policy.

Prior to his inauguration, Ariana Grande shared a series of Instagram Stories highlighting the struggles that the LGBTQIA+ community have faced during the election campaign from Trump’s administration and his supporters.After Trump’s policy declaration, she shared a repost on Instagram Stories that reads: “Let’s be very clear: queer and trans people were here before Donald Trump and will continued to be here after he’s dead.

Whether or not you want to us to exist is secondary to the simple fact that we do. The sun does not care if you sign an executive order telling it to stop rising each morning.