While the administration has already frozen large portions of foreign aid, this rule would formalize those efforts and dramatically expand their reach, with potentially severe consequences for transgender people worldwide as the administration escalates its campaign against transgender lives both at home and abroad. The rule, titled “Combating Gender Ideology in Foreign Assistance,” would impose sweeping conditions on U.S. foreign aid that effectively bar recognition of transgender people and the care they need to live safely and equally. By focusing on hospitals and schools that rely on public funding, the administration has repeatedly threatened to pull that support unless institutions agree to impose sweeping restrictions on transgender people.
Author: Erin Reed
Published at: 2026-01-26 22:10:29
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