In accordance with executive orders signed by President Donald Trump, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued guidance on the reality of gender, specifically declaring that there are only two genders and defining gendered terms, like “woman.”
The guidance, issued Wednesday, specifically aligns with Trump’s Executive Order 14168, “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.”
“There are only two sexes, female and male, because there are only two types of gametes,” the guidance reads. “An individual human is either female or male based on whether the person is of the sex characterized by a reproductive system with the biological function of producing eggs (ova) or sperm.”
HHS, which is headed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., emphasizes that the “sex of a human, female or male, is determined…
