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Lucas Acosta @LucasRAcosta
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THREAD: 1 year ago Trump tweeted transgender people had no place in our military. Since then, he has advanced a full-on assault against LGBTQ people’s rights and freedoms.

Here are 10 horrible things the Trump-Pence Admin has done since the Transgender Troop Tweet:
1: Trump announced “Deploy or Get Out” rule that could remove HIV+ military personnel from service

via: @Newsweek + @EwanPalmer
newsweek.com/how-trumps-dep…
2: Trump required future military recruits to display “no signs of gender dysphoria for 36 months.”

via: @Militarydotcom + @HopeSeck
military.com/daily-news/201…
3: The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ people

via: @WSJ + @JessBravin
wsj.com/articles/trump…
4: The Department of Health and Human Services announced rules allowing health care providers to discriminate against LGBTQ people on the basis of “moral objection.”

via: @cnbc + @_DanMangan
cnbc.com/2018/01/18/new…
5: Betsy DeVos and her Department of Education refused to protect transgender students from bullying and harassment

via: @BuzzFeedNews + @dominicholden buzzfeednews.com/article/domini…
6: The Bureau of Prisons eliminated Obama-era policy protecting transgender prisoners

via: @NBCNews @NBCOUT + Julie Moreau nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-ou…
7: The Department of Justice reversed federal policy and stated that Title VII’s prohibition on sex discrimination “does not encompass discrimination based on gender identity per se, including transgender status”

via: @BuzzFeedNews + @dominicholden buzzfeednews.com/article/domini…
8: Department of Justice argued in court that employers have the right to fire employees based on their sexual orientation

via: @vicenews + @taydolven news.vice.com/en_us/article/…
9: Trump created inhospitable work environments for LGBTQ federal employees

via: @politico + @ddiamond politico.com/story/2018/02/…
10: The Trump White House refused to acknowledge Pride Month for the 2nd year in a row

via: @NBCNews @NBCOUT + @tfitzsimons
nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-ou…
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