I could find no mainstream, liberal American outlet that quoted the Obama-era departmental circular ordering gender self-identification in schools. Instead, they cited transactivists and described it as ‘preventing transphobia’ or ‘advancing trans rights’ – suggesting a benign crackdown on bigotry that affected no one but trans people. It was left to conservative and religious publications such as The Federalist, National Review and Daily Signal to report what the document actually said.
