The Trump administration has ordered federal agencies to implement a transgender bathroom ban by Friday, a directive that bars trans employees from using single-sex facilities that they identify with, The Hill reported, citing a Wednesday memo.

The ban falls under President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order that reverts to recognizing two sexes — male and female.

The memo, sent by the Office of Personnel Management, instructs “intimate spaces” such as bathrooms, to be “designated by biological sex and not gender identity,” according to the report. Per Trump’s executive order from Jan. 20, agency heads are to refer to “sex,” not “gender,” in policies, documents and forms.

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