Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded with humor for a viral post on X, which highlighted the website of the State Department, suggesting “trains” when discovery of the word “trans”. Musk’s comment, “that train is left,” a train was with emoji.
The post provoked a wave of reactions, which included the government’s transfer priorities from joking to observation. Some users saw humor in the situation, with one, “The government is eventually giving priority to the infrastructure on the politics of identity!” Others jokingly asked about the ambiguity of the search result, asking, “Do you mean a transformer?”
However, the reference to this exchange is more complex. President Donald Trump comes under a comprehensive instructions from the office of Personnel Management (OPM), which aims to remove gender references from government websites. The step has been done with other tasks, such as Trump’s executive orders ban transgender individuals from military service.
The order of Trump signed on 27 January, the Air Force was one of the four executive works on one. In a speech in the House Republican, Trump emphasized its commitment to remove the “transgender ideology” from the army, to ensure that we have the deadliest battle force in the world, we exclude transgender ideology from our army Will give going “.
The effect of these instructions has been important, in which many government websites remove or replace the content related to LGBTQ+ issues. For example, the State Department abolished the “X” penis marker option from passport applications and instructed employees to remove the gender pronoun from email signature. Similarly, the bureau of jails converted its “prisoner gender” webpage into “prisoner sex” and the National Park Service removed LGBTQ+ history related materials.
These changes reflect a comprehensive change in the federal government’s approach to LGBTQ+ issues, many agencies move forward to remove or reduce the references of gender identity and expression.
