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U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday designed to prevent people who were biologically assigned male at birth from participating in women's or girls' sporting events.

Trump bans transgender female athletes from women's sports in new executive order

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. 

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The Trump administration's 'two gender' policy is sparking fear and confusion among trans and non-binary people. The executive order claims it's a return to "biological facts," but experts say it ignores both biological and historical reality — that humans have never fit into just two sexes or two genders.

Trump claims there are only '2 genders.' Historians say that's never been true

Since Donald Trump's inauguration last month, members of the trans community in the U.S. are expressing fears over measures they say target them. Some are even thinking of leaving the country, in some cases to move to Canada.

Trans families consider leaving U.S. after Trump's re-election

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Producer, The National

Kelli says her family has already looked at moving to Canada from the U.S. if health care for her son Ollie, centre, is threatened.

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Advocates for the 2SLGBTQ+ community in Manitoba say they're saddened and fearful after Donald Trump took aim at transgender people in one of his first moves in office.

2SLGBTQ+ advocates fear 'dangerous time' in both U.S. and Canada as Trump rolls back protections

On Monday, President Donald Trump signed a presidential order that says the U.S. government recognizes only two sexes, male and female. The order also says all federal documents — including passports — should refer to “sex” rather than “gender.” But it’s unclear if the order would impact Canadians travelling to the U.S.

Unclear how Trump's gender order would impact Canadians with 'X' mark on passports

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders on Monday to remove diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) from the military, reinstate thousands of troops who were kicked out for refusing COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic and take aim at transgender troops.

Transgender advocates to challenge Trump executive order on military service

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CBC Journalist

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President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington.

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Surprised, but not surprised. That's how a local Olympian and sports researcher Sandra Kirby is feeling after U.S. President Donald Trump said he will ban transgender athletes from competing in women's and girls' sporting events. She shared more of her thoughts on the matter with Up To Speed host Faith Fundal.

Local Olympian reacts to possible executive order banning transgender women from sports

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Language and awareness around gender diversity might be recent, say researchers, but there's a long history of people living outside the sex or gender expected of them. Here, a portrait of Dr. James Barry, a surgeon in the 1800s, a photograph of actress Christine Jorgensen, and an illustration of Chevalier d'Eon in 1964.

Composite - Trans history article.

Transgender people in the U.S. say they’re worried about what’s to come after President Donald Trump signed an executive order saying his government only recognizes two sexes that are assigned at birth. 

Breaking down Trump’s ‘two genders’ executive order

There's a 2% chance a big asteroid could hit Earth in 2032. Scientists say don't worry about it

If you look up Beit Hanoun in Gaza on Google Earth, a large Star of David can be seen from above

Thieves stole 100,000 organic eggs off a trailer in Pennsylvania. Police are scrambling

U.S. to boycott next G20 meeting in South Africa

Israel's defence minister orders army to prepare for Gaza residents' departure

Trump's takeover proposal condemned in Gaza, celebrated in Israel

Israel's defence minister ordered the army on Thursday to prepare a plan to allow the "voluntary departure" of residents from Gaza, Israeli media said, after President Trump drew widespread condemnation over U.S. plans to take over the strip.

TOPSHOT - A man rides a donkey-pulled cart past the rubble of destroyed buildings at Saftawi street in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on February 5, 2025 during a ceasefire deal in the war between Israel and Hamas. Palestinian militant group Hamas lashed out on February 5, at President Donald Trump's shock proposal for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip and resettle its people in other countries, seemingly whether they want to leave or not. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) (Photo by OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)          

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U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants his country to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after Palestinians are displaced elsewhere.

Trump proposes 'permanently' displacing Palestinians so U.S. can take over Gaza

President Donald Trump's plan for the U.S. to take over war-torn Gaza and create a "Riviera of the Middle East" after resettling Palestinians elsewhere has shattered U.S. policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and sparked widespread criticism.

Saudis, UN Security Council members reject Trump's Gaza bombshell

U.S. President Donald Trump's pitch to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after permanently displacing its residents was met with unified anger and concern from Palestinians in Gaza Wednesday.

'There is nothing that will displace us': Palestinians respond to Trump's plan to take over, rebuild Gaza

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants to build into the “Riviera of the Middle East,” once he empties it of the Palestinians. The comments were greeted with pleasant surprise in Israel. But for Palestinians, it’s not just a piece of land.

Israel's defence minister has ordered the army to prepare a plan to allow the "voluntary departure" of residents from Gaza, Israeli media said, after President Trump drew widespread condemnation over U.S. plans to take over the strip.

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Abdullah Al-Ghafri, who is living in the west of Gaza City, said U.S. President Donald Trump's latest pitch to take over Gaza and displace its residents is 'nothing but pressure.'

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump are shown leaving a joint press conference on Tuesday evening at the White House in Washington, D.C.

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Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday, to chart a strategy to “remake” the Middle East, on the day negotiations are meant to resume to prolong the ceasefire in Gaza. But in Israel and far beyond, doubts persist about the Israeli leader's motives.

As Netanyahu and Trump meet in Washington, doubts remain about how much Israel's leader wants to end the war

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump greets Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at the North Portico of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)          

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Speaking to reporters on Air Force One Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he intends to push the leaders of Egypt and Jordan to build housing for Palestinians in Gaza, so they can be relocated. Universally rejected by Palestinians, it's unclear how serious Trump is. 

Trump's comment to 'clean out' Gaza has thrilled Israel's far right and infuriated Palestinians

U.S. President Donald Trump says he's given his advisers instructions to obliterate Iran if it assassinates him, saying 'there won't be anything left.' Trump's remarks came during an exchange with reporters Tuesday as he signed an executive order calling for the U.S. government to impose maximum pressure on Tehran. 

Trump threatens Iran with 'obliteration' if he's assassinated

U.S. President Donald Trump falsely claimed on Monday that U.S. banks are not allowed to operate in Canada, suggesting that he has yet another bone to pick as a trade dispute unfolds between the two countries.

Trump falsely says U.S. banks aren't allowed to do business in Canada. What does he mean?

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to combat antisemitism and pledged to deport non-citizen college students and others who took part in pro-Palestinian protests.

Trump pledges to deport non-citizen college students who took part in pro-Palestinian protests

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants Canada to become the 51st state. We answer a CBC viewer's question about what that would entail.

Is Canada becoming an American state actually possible?

While top aides to U.S. President Donald Trump are defending his Gaza takeover plan as ‘visionary,’ critics — including world leaders, UN officials and Palestinians themselves — are condemning the idea, calling it everything from ‘unlawful nonsense’ to criminal ethnic cleansing.

Trump loyalists praise Gaza takeover plan that critics call ‘unlawful nonsense’

Top aides to U.S. President Donald Trump are defending his Gaza takeover plan as critics — including world leaders, UN officials and Palestinians themselves — are condemning the idea.

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