SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) - Since taking office, President Donald Trump has signed over 20 executive orders - with some of those orders directly impacting the LGBTQ+ community "There are only two genders, male and female," President Donald Trump said in regard to an executive order he signed Monday stating people will no longer be able to mark "X" when filling out their sex on federal documents and must choose male or female. Transformation Project community health worker and community outreach manager, Jack Fonder, says this will impact his community more than people might think. "Some people want to say, well, it's just a piece of paper It's just the document. Why do you care what it says? Well, because that's your identity. It's how you want to be seen," Fonder said. The president of Sioux Falls Pride, Rachel Polan agrees this order targets the LGBTQ+ community. "The direct attack on transgender, nonbinary, gender nonconforming people as a whole is just, on day one. It was devastating," Polan said. Another order states people working in the Diversity Equity and Inclusion departments on the federal level are now on paid leave, as Trump hopes to get rid of it altogether. New details emerge in the death of Cassandra Shields "Our country's going to be based on merit again. Can you believe it," Trump said Monday after signing the executive order. "We do need diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We don't want everybody to look the same. We don't want everybody to be the same or think the same," Fonder said. "That's not how a good company is run." "To have those voices removed and the agencies that make sure those voices are available and there…that's going to put a lot of people in a tough spot," Polan said. Since Monday the organizations have received an increase in messages from people looking for support. Fonder says the Prism Community Center in Sioux Falls will continue to be that safe space. "We are still going to exist with or without their permission. We're still going to be here. We're still going to continue to do the work that we're doing," Fonder said. "Massive step back, but we're still here. We're going to be here," Polan said. The Transformation Project is not exclusive to Sioux Falls for those looking for mental health resources. Additional support can be found on both organizations' pages. ACLU of South Dakota executive director, Libby Skarin, shared this statement with KELOLAND News on the specific executive orders below. “President Trump’s executive order declaring a two-gender edict is disappointing and incorrectly declares that transgender people are not who they know themselves to be under all federal laws referencing sex or gender. It wrongly puts the federal government in charge of determining who is a man or a woman, and ignores altogether the existence of intersex and nonbinary people. This order does not represent any kind of “biological truth” and the Trump administration cannot change the law by executive fiat. Instead, this order turns back the clock by targeting transgender people for discriminatory treatment, denying them the same opportunities we all deserve. The courts should continue to implement federal statutes protecting all of us from discrimination based on sex, including LGBTQ people. “These efforts to redefine sex and prevent transgender people from living as the gender they know themselves to be are connected to a larger strategy to push transgender people out of public and civil life. The politicians and activists who are inundating our political and cultural lives with these attacks are using their belief that the general public is uncomfortable with trans people as an opening to limit legal protection and opportunities not just for transgender people, but for all women, people of color and immigrants. Our country and our communities depend on the freedom of all people to be themselves without fear. While we know President Trump will issue more orders with real, dire consequences for people, many of his declarations do not and cannot change the law but instead are designed to create chaos and confusion. We must remain vigilant but resist echoing and amplifying his cruel rhetoric. The ACLU is better prepared than ever to confront threats to our democracy. In the months ahead, we will forge the nation’s strongest firewall for freedom to further ensure that South Dakotans’ civil rights and liberties are protected and strengthened, regardless of who holds the White House.”