“Under Trump's executive order, every single person in America is now legally classified as female.”
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Claim dated 21 Jan 2025.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Experts PolitiFact interviewed called the executive order’s definitions of what defines a male and a female as scientifically flawed and legally awkward. But no one believed the order’s language would lead the federal government to classify everyone in the U.S. as female.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 21 January 2025. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 January 2025, 8 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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