Thread by @ACLU

📣 The Trump administration is working to:

2️⃣ Roll back non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people, people of faith, women, and people with disabilities

2️⃣ License discrimination in the name of religion

This is a concerted strategy of discrimination across the federal government: It means more people will be turned away from jobs, housing, health care, education and more because of who they are.

➡️ FAIR HOUSING

@HUDgov has moved to roll back protections for people impacted by housing segregation and survivors of domestic violence.

➡️ FEDERAL CONTRACTORS

@USDOL has proposed that companies with federal contracts — which employ 25% of the workforce — should be able to discriminate against employees based on the employer’s religious views.

➡️ IMMIGRATION

@DHSgov has proposed a rule that would allow immigration officials to decide someone is too old, too young, too poor, or too sick to reside in the United States.

➡️EDUCATION

@USEDgov has:

➖Created a double standard that treats sex discrimination different from discrimination on the basis of race

➖Said transgender students aren’t protected from discrimination in schools

➖Stopped investigating claims of LGBTQ discrimination

➡️ HEALTH CARE

@HHSgov has:

➖Turned transgender people away from health care

➖Denied people access to reproductive health care, including abortion and birth control

➖Refused health care when a provider has a “religious or moral objection”

The administration now wants to eliminate protections based on religion, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation. It will affect child welfare agencies and programs like Meals on Wheels and Head Start.

It will hurt older Americans, kids, and families. aclu.org/news/lgbt-righ…

TODAY is the deadline to speak up and stop this rule.
aclu.org/hhs-rule-comme…