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Trump has met his commitments to LGBTQ?
Let’s count the ways he’s systematically stripped protections:
1) All mention of LGBTQ issues removed from the WH webpage 2 hours after he was sworn in
2) DOJ stopped enforcing protections for transgender students
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Let’s count the ways he’s systematically stripped protections:
1) All mention of LGBTQ issues removed from the WH webpage 2 hours after he was sworn in
2) DOJ stopped enforcing protections for transgender students
washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump…
3) Devos revoked transgender student protections under Title X
4) Struck questions on sexual orientation and gender identity from the 2020 census
5) Refuses to support Equality Act
6) Executive Order to allow DOJ to permit discrimination on the basis of “religious freedom”
4) Struck questions on sexual orientation and gender identity from the 2020 census
5) Refuses to support Equality Act
6) Executive Order to allow DOJ to permit discrimination on the basis of “religious freedom”
7) Banned Transgender people from serving in the military
8) Ending DACA affected 75,000 LGBTQ Dreamers
9) Devos rescinded Title X protections about sexual harassment in schools, which disproportionately affects LGBTQ students
8) Ending DACA affected 75,000 LGBTQ Dreamers
9) Devos rescinded Title X protections about sexual harassment in schools, which disproportionately affects LGBTQ students
10) DOJ rescinds protections for transgender workers
11) Referring to LGBTQ people, Trump joked that Pence wanted to “hang them all”
12) Added Div. of Conscience and Religious Freedom at HHS, geared to allow discrimination in housing
11) Referring to LGBTQ people, Trump joked that Pence wanted to “hang them all”
12) Added Div. of Conscience and Religious Freedom at HHS, geared to allow discrimination in housing
13) DOE stopped responding to civil rights complaints filed by transgendered students who are barred from using their gender identity bathroom.
14) Proposed allowing Healthcare Providers to discriminate providing care to LGBTQ on religious freedom objections
14) Proposed allowing Healthcare Providers to discriminate providing care to LGBTQ on religious freedom objections
15) ordered the Bureau of Prisons to use biological sex in determining housing, putting them at risk of sexual assault and abuse.
16) Trump’s Solicitor General argued to the Supreme Court that civil rights protections do not cover transgender employees.
16) Trump’s Solicitor General argued to the Supreme Court that civil rights protections do not cover transgender employees.
17) USDA Secretary pressures 4-H Club to rescind a policy welcoming LGBTQ participants
18) Prohibited Embassies from flying the Pride flag
19) Refusal to confront Chechnya’s violent campaign against LGBTQ people
18) Prohibited Embassies from flying the Pride flag
19) Refusal to confront Chechnya’s violent campaign against LGBTQ people
