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March 2025

An Order to Find & Ban

Verboten' words & Trump presidency purges

Phrase and word searches throughout executive departments/agencies/databases, resulting in word-and-policy budget cuts/program eliminations/employee firings and more...

NYT / March 7 - These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.

• https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/us/trump-federal-agencies-websites-words-dei.html?unlocked_article_code=1.304.npaN.d7xCIPUQWHNZ&smid=em-share

• accessible • activism • activists • advocacy • advocate • advocates • affirming care • all-inclusive • allyship • anti-racism • antiracist • assigned at birth • assigned female at birth • assigned male at birth • at risk • barrier • barriers • belong • bias • biased • biased toward • biases • biases towards • biologically female • biologically male • BIPOC • Black • breastfeed + people • breastfeed + person • chestfeed + people • chestfeed + person • clean energy • climate crisis • climate science • commercial sex worker • community diversity • community equity • confirmation bias • cultural competence • cultural differences • cultural heritage • cultural sensitivity • culturally appropriate • culturally responsive • DEI • DEIA • DEIAB • DEIJ • disabilities • disability • discriminated • discrimination • discriminatory • disparity • diverse • diverse backgrounds • diverse communities • diverse community • diverse group • diverse groups • diversified • diversify • diversifying • diversity • enhance the diversity • enhancing diversity • environmental quality • equal opportunity • equality • equitable • equitableness • equity • ethnicity • excluded • exclusion • expression • female • females • feminism • fostering inclusivity • GBV • gender • gender based • gender based violence • gender diversity • gender identity • gender ideology • gender-affirming care • genders • Gulf of Mexico • hate speech • health disparity • health equity • hispanic minority • historically • identity • immigrants • implicit bias • implicit biases • inclusion • inclusive • inclusive leadership • inclusiveness • inclusivity • increase diversity • increase the diversity • indigenous community • inequalities • inequality • inequitable • inequities • inequity • injustice • institutional • intersectional • intersectionality • key groups • key people • key populations • Latinx • LGBT • LGBTQ • marginalize • marginalized • men who have sex with men • mental health • minorities • minority • most risk • MSM • multicultural • Mx • Native American • non-binary • nonbinary • oppression • oppressive • orientation • people + uterus • people-centered care • person-centered • person-centered care • polarization • political • pollution • pregnant people • pregnant person • pregnant persons • prejudice • privilege • privileges • promote diversity • promoting diversity • pronoun • pronouns • prostitute • race • race and ethnicity • racial • racial diversity • racial identity • racial inequality • racial justice • racially • racism • segregation • sense of belonging • sex • sexual preferences • sexuality • social justice • sociocultural • socioeconomic • status • stereotype • stereotypes • systemic • systemically • they/them • trans • transgender • transsexual • trauma • traumatic • tribal • unconscious bias • underappreciated • underprivileged • underrepresentation • underrepresented • underserved • undervalued • victim • victims • vulnerable populations • women • women and underrepresented Notes: Some terms listed with a plus sign represent combinations of words that, when used together, acknowledge transgender people, which is not in keeping with the current federal government’s position that there are only two, immutable sexes. Any term collected above was included on at least one agency’s list, which does not necessarily imply that other agencies are also discouraged from using it.

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