President Trump welcomed January Littlejohn to his Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday night, recognizing her battle against a school that hid her daughter’s social gender transition. Littlejohn sued the School Board of Leon County after officials began treating her 13-year-old as a different gender without parental consent. Her story struck a chord with conservatives tired of overreach.
Trump didn’t waste time making his stance clear. Within two weeks of his second term, he signed an executive order banning federal funding for so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors. He vowed during his campaign to reverse Biden’s embrace of gender ideology, a promise he’s now delivering on with force.
Littlejohn shared her relief with CBN News. “If we had gone along that pathway, she would be irreversibly harmed right now,” she said, grateful her daughter avoided drugs or surgeries. Her fight exposed a school policy that conservatives argue undermines parental rights and endangers kids.
The Biden administration had pushed hard for gender ideology in schools. Documents from Biden’s Department of Education encouraged affirming pronouns and gender transitions, often without parents knowing. Trump’s order dismantles that, aiming to shield children from what he calls destructive procedures.
Side effects of these treatments are brutal. Puberty blockers can cause chemical sterilization, while surgeries like mastectomies or genital mutilation leave permanent scars. Conservatives see this as child abuse masquerading as care, a view Trump echoed by honoring Littlejohn.
He didn’t stop at praise. Trump called on Congress to pass a bill permanently banning sex-change procedures for minors nationwide.
“Our message to every child in America must be this: You are perfect just as God made you,” he told lawmakers, earning loud GOP applause.
Democrats weren’t as thrilled. Some jeered as Trump spoke, but Republicans drowned them out with “USA!” chants. The divide was stark—conservatives see this as a win for family values, while the left clings to its progressive agenda.
Littlejohn’s case wasn’t isolated. Schools across the country have adopted similar policies, sparking outrage among parents who feel sidelined. Trump’s recognition of her signals a shift—government will back moms and dads, not bureaucrats or ideologues.
His broader agenda ties in here. Alongside tariffs and deregulation, Trump’s pushing to protect kids from what he calls leftist overreach—whether it’s open borders or gender experiments. Conservatives see this as America First in action, starting with the next generation.
The executive order is already in effect. It declares the U.S. “will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist or support” child transitions, enforcing laws to limit these procedures. Republicans hail it as a return to sanity after years of radical policies.
Littlejohn’s presence in the gallery wasn’t just symbolic. It was a call to arms for conservatives—parents must lead, and Trump’s got their back. Her daughter’s now safe, but the fight’s just begun to stop this from happening again.
Republicans left the chamber energized. Trump’s honoring of Littlejohn isn’t a one-off—it’s a blueprint for taking back schools from woke agendas. Conservatives know the stakes: protect kids now, or lose them to irreversible harm later.
