The U.S. Census Bureau, under the Trump administration, has requested permission to eliminate questions about gender identity from a monthly survey that collects real-time data on American life. The agency recently sought approval from the Office of Management and Budget to remove these questions from the Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey. This move is in line with President Donald Trump's directive to withhold federal funding from programs supporting 'gender ideology.'
President Trump's order, issued at the beginning of his second term, defines sex strictly as male or female, contradicting the stance of mainstream medical organizations like the American Medical Association. These groups argue that sex and gender should be viewed as a spectrum rather than a binary classification.
