1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

I need you to oppose Executive Order 14168 and work to restore gender identity data collection across federal agencies. This order has systematically erased trans people from nearly 400 federal databases since January, eliminating critical information we need to address health disparities and save lives. The Department of Health and Human Services has been hit hardest, accounting for nearly half of all deletions. Programs like the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline no longer collect gender identity data, even though trans people face significantly higher crisis rates. Data on runaway and homeless youth has been scrubbed. The Census Bureau shut down its pilot program testing gender identity questions before it could reach the census itself. Without this data, we can't document disparities or direct resources where they're needed most. What makes this worse is how it happened. According to the Movement Advancement Project, 83 percent of these changes went through a fast-track process that avoided public comment. These are substantive revisions affecting millions of people, and they deserved public oversight. Some agencies have even exceeded the order by removing sexual orientation data it didn't mention. Trans people exist whether or not the government counts them. Restore the data collection and hold agencies accountable for this erasure. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/trump-agencies-health-human-services-hhs-federal-data-gender-identity-diversity-equity-inclusion-dei/