Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) are seeking to block funding for President Trump’s executive orders that affect the transgender community via a new bill.

The “No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act,” which both Merkley and Balint introduced in their respective chambers on Wednesday, aims “to repeal certain executive orders targeting LGBTQI+ individuals,” according to the text of the Senate version.

The bill also calls for federal funds to not “be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out” specific executive orders from Trump including one he signed shortly after returning to the presidency to recognize male and female as the only two sexes and another order with an aim to stop transgender people from serving openly in the military.

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