Trump order recognizes only two sexes. Advocates call it ‘cruel,’ ‘lawless.’

WASHINGTON ‒ More than 175 organizations that advocate for women’s and transgender rights released a letter Tuesday blasting President Donald Trump’s requirement that federal agencies recognize only two sexes, male and female.

In the letter, first reported by USA TODAY, the groups called the policy outlined in his Inauguration Day executive order “cruel’’ and “lawless.’’

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Among those signing the letter are the National Women’s Law Center, which led the effort, the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice, the Florida National Organization for Women, the National Council of Jewish Women, the Transgender Law Center, the Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable, MomsRising and dozens more.