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New Trump administration Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner announced plans to ban transgender males in women’s shelters on his first day in office on Thursday.
Turner’s announcement comes after President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order to “restore biological truth” in government.
“I am directing the HUD staff to halt any pending or future enforcement actions related to HUD’s 2016 equal access rule, which in essence tied housing programs, shelters and other facilities funded by HUD, to quote, gender identity,” Turner said during a press conference.
“We are carrying out the mission laid out by President Trump on January 20, when he signed an executive order to restore biological truth to the federal government,” he added, before explaining that his department will recognize that there “are only two sexes, male and female.”
He later added, “It’s time to get rid of all the far-left gender ideology.”
Turner stated during the Thursday press conference that he is working on a DOGE task force within HUD.
“There is more to come, but as I’ve said before, we’re going to take inventory of all of HUD’s programs and ensure every dollar that goes out of the door is advancing HUD’s mission, which is to provide quality, affordable homes,” he said.
The move comes after Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to ban males identifying as women from girls’ and women’s sports.
“Therefore, it is the policy of the United States to rescind all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, which results in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy. It shall also be the policy of the United States to oppose male competitive participation in women’s sports more broadly, as a matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and truth,” the order stated.
The order further addressed the Olympics, with the 2028 Summer Olympic Games being held in Los Angeles.
“The Secretary of State shall use all appropriate and available measures to see that the International Olympic Committee amends the standards governing Olympic sporting events to promote fairness, safety, and the best interests of female athletes by ensuring that eligibility for participation in women’s sporting events is determined according to sex and not gender identity or testosterone reduction,” the order added.