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![Section 3(g) of the Gender Identity Order is admittedly slightly vaguer than Section 4 of
the Healthcare Order in that it only proscribes the use of "[fJederal [grant] funds [to] promote
gender_ idcology."
The Gender Identity Order, appears, however, to deny the existence of
transgender persons altogether. See Gender Identity Order $ 1 (describing the purpose of the order
as "defend[ing] women's rights and protect[ing] freedom of conscience by using clear and accurate
language and policies that recognize women are biologically female, and men are biologically
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Case 8:25-cv-00337-BAH
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male"); id. $ 2 ("It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female.
These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.")
The Court cannot fathom discrimination more direct than the plain pronouncement of a policy
resting on the premise that the group to which the policy is directed does not exist. Thus, Section
3(g) of the Gender Identity Order can only be read as doing exactly what Section-4 of the
Healthcare Order does
cease funding institutions, including medical institutions, that provide
gender affirming medical care to patients under the age of nineteen.
Thus, as with Section 4 of
Healthcare Order, Kadel mandates a similar finding of discrimination as to Section 3(g) of the
Gender Identity Order.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mlmouohgzbjofidukcp4pxf2/bafkreifbrt37exq6fjaxqrit6kxtuoqkkl47uxsuoylsryumtv6bbfx7zy)
