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Trump Administration Could Soon Roll Out Two New Rules Protecting Kids From Sex-Change Procedures

Nov 10, 2025Jerry CoxTransgenderLGBT, SAFE Act, Transgender

NPR recently reported that two proposals from the Trump Administration could help protect children from sex-change procedures nationwide.

Written copies of the proposals haven’t been published yet, but NPR says it obtained a draft text of the rules.

One rule would prevent federal Medicaid funds from being used for sex-change procedures on kids. Another rule would block hospitals that perform these procedures from receiving Medicaid or Medicare funding.

The Department of Health and Human Services submitted both proposals to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review last summer. The proposed rules have not officially been published yet, but it sounds like both rules generally track with other policies the Trump Administration has implemented.

In January, President Trump issued an executive order prohibiting federal funding from being used for sex-change procedures on kids — including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex-change surgeries.

Medical institutions and facilities who receive federal research or education grants were told to “end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children” immediately, under the order. That order prompted hospitals nationwide to stop performing these procedures on kids.

Earlier this summer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a public inquiry into whether U.S. doctors and clinics may have deceived parents and children about the risks of these procedures. The U.S. Department of Justice also subpoenaed doctors and medical facilities involved in performing sex-change procedures on minors.

In September, the U.S. Department of Justice sent Congress the federal Victims of Chemical or Surgical Mutilation Act. The proposed federal law would generally prevent doctors, hospitals, and clinics from performing sex-change surgeries on children or giving them puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones.

In recent years, men and women have testified about how they were rushed through gender transitions as children without understanding the procedures’ risks, consequences, or alternatives.

We now know pro-LGBT activists spent years manufacturing much of the medical “consensus” in support of these procedures.

Public health experts in the U.S., the U.K., Sweden, Finland, and other nations have found that science simply does not support giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to kids.

In 2021, lawmakers in Arkansas passed the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act generally prohibiting doctors from performing sex-change procedures on children or giving them puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. A federal court recently upheld the law — which is good news.

We must do more to protect children from these dangerous procedures nationwide. We appreciate the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services working on federal rules to help do exactly that.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

Fewer Young People are Identifying as Trans: Guest Column

Nov 7, 2025John StonestreetLGBTLGBT, Transgender

For years now, the number of young people embracing alternative sexual identities has grown consistently. Until now. In a recent article at UnHerd, Eric Kaufmann of the University of Buckingham summarized findings from a poll taken earlier this year of over 68,000 college students at more than 250 institutions:

My analysis of the raw data shows that in that year, just 3.6% of respondents identified as a gender other than male or female. By comparison, the figure was 5.2% in 2024 and 6.8% in both 2022 and 2023. In other words, the share of trans-identified students has effectively halved in just two years.

In a thread on X, Kaufmann suggested that the data indicates, “The fall of trans and queer seems most similar to the fading of a fashion or trend.”

Some have cautioned against premature optimism. However, prominent psychologist Dr. Jean Twenge, in a social media post from October 20, affirmed Kaufmann’s take. “For now,” she added in a lengthier treatment on Substack, “[I]t looks like the peak of trans identification is in the past.”

The same day Kaufmann posted, actress Keira Knightley made her own headlines for interesting behavior in an interview. Set to voice Professor Umbridge in an upcoming Harry Potter audiobook series, a reporter questioned her about the backlash against J.K. Rowling for her unwavering opposition to transgender ideology. With typical British understatement, Knightley said, “I was not aware of that, no. I’m very sorry.” And then she laughed as if the question was ridiculous. It’s difficult to imagine, even a few years ago, a prominent actress dismissing transgender sanctimony this way and getting away with it.

While it is too early to pronounce the transgender craze over, the vibe has clearly shifted. There are lessons to be learned from the way it is shifting. First, many young people who identified as trans or non-binary over the last decade were not even struggling with their identity. They didn’t want to be on the wrong side of the oppressor/oppressed binary they were constantly hearing about.

A few years ago, I heard of a middle school teacher who was asked how many of her students “identified” as LGBTQ. The teacher replied, with a tone as if it were a strange question with an obvious answer, “oh, all of them do.” When subsequently asked how many of her students were having sex, the teacher said, “probably none of them.” The reason they claimed an alternative sexual identity, she said, is “no one wants to be ‘cis’ or straight.” Being trans or non-binary was a way to climb the social ladder.

Second, studies like the Cass Report exposed the lies about so-called “gender-affirming care” and unsettled the power of the suicide myth that haunted so many parents. Eventually, even high-profile magazines like The Atlantic called out the coercive and manipulative trope of “Would you rather have a dead son than a live daughter?” Parents also saw their daughters lose competitions and scholarships to boys. Even more, they didn’t like the biological realities of perverted men and boys invading their daughters’ locker rooms and showers.

Third, more people are speaking out, empowered by those who were never silenced. J.K. Rowling deserves a lot of credit for refusing to sit silently while women were erased. Granted, she has the wit, public profile, and bank account to more easily absorb the social consequences, but the fact that she spoke up gave others the courage to do the same.

Billboard Chris showed up everywhere, repeatedly, willing to be arrested again and again for the sake of the truth. Chloe Cole not only had the courage to admit she was wrong, but she has now encouraged millions of others to see the victims of these terrible ideas and to speak out on their behalf. Riley Gaines refused to be intimidated by a male swimmer, the NCAA, violent protests on college campuses, and hostile media. Certainly, what Abigail Shrier, Ryan Anderson, Dr. Allan Josephson, and other thought leaders said about this phenomenon from the beginning has been thoroughly vindicated. This has always been a social contagion. And there are others, too many to mention, who had the courage when needed to confront this horrible lie.

This battle is far from over. Still, their stories and this story, how the unthinkable became unquestionable but how the spiral of silence was broken by those willing to say what is true, should give all of us courage to stand with truth. And it should clarify for all of us why God called us to this moment in human history.

Watch: Charlie Kirk Discusses Fairness in Women’s Sports at U of A

Oct 6, 2025Jerry CoxLGBTFairness in Women's Sports, LGBT, Transgender

In 2022, Charlie Kirk came to the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville as part of Turning Point USA’s “Educate Don’t Mandate Tour.”

Charlie spent an hour and a half speaking to the crowd and answering questions from individuals — many of whom disagreed with him.

During the question and answer portion of the evening, Charlie was asked about letting men who claim to be women access women’s showers, locker rooms, bathrooms, and women’s sports teams.

In his answer, Kirk discussed fairness in women’s sports and said that these situations force women to “live under the tyranny of men who think they’re women”

It’s worth pointing out that most Americans agree that athletes should compete according to their biological sex — not their gender identity.

In 2021 Arkansas passed Act 461 to prevent male athletes from competing against girls in women’s athletics at school. This good law protects fairness in women’s sports in Arkansas.

And in 2023, Arkansas passed Act 317 to protect privacy in public school locker rooms, showers, restrooms, changing areas, and similar facilities by requiring public schools to designate these facilities for “male” or “female” use.

Charlie Kirk was tragically murdered on September 10 during an event on a college campus in Utah.

You can watch Kirk’s remarks from his 2022 University of Arkansas speech and Q&A session below.