2025 in LGBTQ rights

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This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBTQ rights taking place in the year 2025.

Events

January

• 1 – A law allowing same-sex marriages comes into effect on January 1, 2025, in Liechtenstein.[1]
• 20 – President of the United States Donald Trump signs an executive order "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government".[2][3][4]
  • It would require federal departments to recognize gender as a male-female binary only (determined by biological sex assigned at conception), replace all instances of "gender" with "sex" in materials, cease all funding for gender-affirming care, cease allowing gender self-identification on federal documents such as passports, cease the funding or promotion of "gender ideology", cease the application of Bostock v. Clayton County as to provide Title VII protection based on gender identity in federal activities and prohibit transgender people from using single-sex federally funded facilities congruent with their gender.
• 23 – A law allowing same-sex marriages comes into effect on January 23, 2025, in Thailand.[5][6]
• 27 – The Idaho House of Representatives votes for a resolution that calls for the US Supreme Court to reconsider its 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges same sex marriage decision.[7][8][9]
• 28 – President of the United States Donald Trump signs an executive order titled "Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation". According to the New York Times, the executive order takes steps "to end gender-affirming medical treatments for children and teenagers under 19, directing agencies to take a variety of steps to curtail surgeries, hormone therapy and other regimens." [10]
• 29 – President of the United States Donald Trump signs an executive order titled "Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling". The order directs the federal government to rescind federal funding from schools that "directly or indirectly support or subsidize the social transition of a minor student," including allowing students to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity or permitting teachers to use names or pronouns different from those assigned at birth.[11][12]

February

• 5 – President of the United States Donald Trump signs an executive order titled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports", which directs the government to interpret federal Title IX rules as the prohibition of transgender girls and women from participating in female sports.[13]

References

1. Vaterland.li: Landtag beschliesst Ehe für alle, May 16, 2024
2. "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government". White House. Archived from the original on 21 January 2025.
3. "Trump signs executive orders proclaiming there are only two biological sexes, halting diversity programs". 2025-01-21. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
4. Migdon, Brooke (2025-01-20). "Trump signs executive order recognizing only 2 sexes". The Hill. Archived from the original on 2025-01-21. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
5. "Thailand: Lawmakers pass same-sex marriage bill – DW – 03/27/2024". dw.com. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
6. "Thailand's parliament approves same-sex marriage bill". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
7. "Idaho Republican legislators call on SCOTUS to reverse same-sex marriage ruling". January 27, 2025. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
8. "Idaho House calls on Supreme Court to undo same-sex marriage ruling". January 27, 2025. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
9. "Idaho House calls on U.S. Supreme Court to reverse same-sex marriage ruling". January 27, 2025. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
10. Montague, Zach (January 28, 2025). "Trump Signs Order Restricting Gender-Affirming Treatments for Minors". New York Times. Archived from the original on January 29, 2025. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
11. Lang, Nico (2025-01-31). "How Trump's "Radical Indoctrination" Executive Order Targets Trans Youth in Schools". Them. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
12. Office of the Press Secretary (January 29, 2025). "Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling". whitehouse.gov – via National Archives.
13. Dunbar, Marina (2025-02-05). "Trump signs executive order banning trans athletes from women's sports". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-02-10.