Trans actor tells 'The View' that Trump's executive orders on gender are 'illegal'

Transgender histrion Laverne Cox savaged President Donald Trump’s recent enforcement orders, calling them "illegal" during Friday’s occurrence of "The View."

Cox appeared connected the ABC daytime speech amusement alongside histrion and comedian George Wallace to speech astir their caller TV series, "Clean Slate," a amusement astir a begetter who reconnects with his kid – played by Cox – who has precocious transitioned into a woman. Cox utilized the accidental to slam the existent administration's enforcement orders limiting transgender connection successful the national government. 

"I deliberation successful presumption of the medication and each this propaganda and lies – everything he’s doing is illegal, by the way," Cox told the ABC panel.

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Trans histrion Laverne Cox appeared connected ABC's "The View" Friday and trashed President Trump's caller enforcement orders regarding trans individuals. (Screenshot/ABC)

Co-host Ana Navarro kicked disconnected the governmental discussion, mentioning her respect for however Cox blends activism with acting, and asking the histrion to measurement successful connected Trump’s caller enforcement orders.

Trump past period signed an enforcement order, titled, "Defending women from sex ideology extremism and restoring biologic information to the national government."

The EO clarifies that it is U.S. argumentation to admit 2 sexes, antheral and female, and that men and women are biologically distinct, on with addressing however agencies should grip these directives.

The president besides signed the "No Men successful Women's Sports" enforcement bid connected Wednesday, mandating that nationalist institutions volition find an individual’s eligibility for women’s sports to beryllium based according to their biologic enactment and not sex individuality oregon testosterone reduction.

Cox told "The View" astir feeling anti-trans favoritism for "the past respective years" astatine this point.

"It started astatine the authorities level, galore years ago," the histrion said. "You know, what is it? 26 states banned ‘gender-affirming care’ for young people. This has been happening astatine the authorities level for galore years. So, I’ve been devastated due to the fact that trans families person had to relocate for galore years, parents person been criminalized, truthful it’s been devastating. Now it’s happening connected a national level."

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US President Donald Trump signs the No Men successful Women's Sports Executive Order into instrumentality successful the East Room of the White House successful Washington, DC, connected February 5, 2025. President Trump connected Wednesday is signing an enforcement bid to prohibition transgender girls and women from competing connected sports teams that lucifer their sex identity, marking his latest determination targeting transgender rights.  (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Cox talked astir loving trans radical and radical successful general, and added that Trump’s orders are "horrible." 

The "Orange is The New Black" prima hoped that the enforcement orders "will beryllium challenged successful the courts" due to the fact that of their alleged illegality. 

"At the extremity of the day, trans radical are little than 1% of the colonisation and trans radical are not the crushed you can’t spend eggs, that you can’t spend healthcare. We’re not the crushed you can’t bargain a location oregon your rent’s excessively high," Cox said. "I deliberation they’re focused connected the incorrect 1%. I deliberation the different 1 percent is the crushed for each those things."

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