Donald trump lgbtq policy

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HRC lists Trump's persistent attacks against the LGBTQ community after the RNC claims he's taken "unprecedented steps" in assist of the community.

HRC President Alphonso David: “The RNC is hallucinating and advancing misleading and  disingenuous rhetoric. Yes, Trump has taken many ‘unprecedented’ steps, but those steps contain been to undermine and eliminate rights protecting LGBTQ people, not empower us. Appointing a small handful of gay people out of thousands of nominations and making a very few -- and unfullfilled -- pledges can hardly qualify as accomplishments.  Don’t gaslight us.  The Trump-Pence administration is the most virulently anti-LGBTQ administration in decades -- the RNC cannot put lipstick on a pig.”

Here’s a list of attacks the Trump-Pence administration has levied against LGBTQ people:

For the packed list of Trump’s attacks on LGBTQ people, see HRC.org/Trump.

1. Opposition to the Equality Act: Despite supp
   
   

   In the second installment of the ACLU’s election 2024 memo series, our experts detail the threats a potential second Trump administration poses to the LGBTQ community, particularly transsexual people. 

   ACLU

   June 13, 2024

   In the second installment of the ACLU’s election 2024 memo series, our experts detail the threats a potential second Trump administration poses to the LGBTQ community, particularly transgender people. 

   This piece was published before Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to represent the Democratic Party. No significant facts have been changed or added.

   Donald Trump’s administration initiated a sustained, years-long effort to erase protections for LGBTQ people. This included an effort to “define ‘transgender’ out of existence,” erode protections for transgender students and workers, and weaken access to gender-affirming health care that most transgender people already struggled to access.

   While President Joe Biden’s administration reversed much of the Trump-era abuses, just last month on the campaign mark, Trump vowed to dismantle a new Biden administration policy that will present prote

   GLAAD has documented the anti-LGBTQ history of Donald Trump, including his policies and efforts against access to best practice, lifesaving health care for lesbian, queer , bisexual, queer, and especially transgender Americans. His entire anti-LGBTQ record is free on GLAAD’s Trump Accountability Tracker. Health care is a top issue for LGBTQ voters according to GLAAD’s 2024 poll on the upcoming election.

   Trump’s health care record for LGBTQ people includes the following:

   • In 2020, just two weeks into Pride Month and on the anniversary of the deadly Pulse nightclub shooting at an LGBTQ club in Orlando, and in the middle of the pandemic, the Trump administration issued new regulations that:
   • In 2019, Trump proposed cutting over $1.35 billion, or 29%, from the PEPFAR (the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) budget, the largest-ever proposed cuts to global HIV programs. PEPFAR is the U.S. government program that fights AIDS abroad. In 2017, Trump proposed cutting 17% of PEPFAR’s funding as well as hundreds of millions of dollars in funding from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and $627 billion from Medicaid, the insurance through which a
     
     

     Background On Trump Day One Executive Orders Impacting The LGBTQ+ Community

     by Brandon Wolf •

     Overview   

     On his first time in office as the 47th president of the Merged States, President Trump signed a slew of executive orders (EOs) that impact the LGBTQ+ group, as well as many others. It is important to message that executive conduct do NOT own the authority to override the Merged States Constitution, federal statutes, or established legal precedent. Many of these directives execute just that or are regarding matters over which the president does not have control. Given that, many of these orders will be difficult, if not impossible, to implement, and tries to do so will be challenged through litigation.
     
     Currently, much is unknown about whether or how the administration or other actors will comply with these directives, and in most instances rules will need to be promulgated or significant administrative guidance will need to be issued in order for implementation to occur. These are processes that take time and require detailed additional plans to be developed. 

     Newly Issued Executive Orders

     A number of executive actions yesterday will impact the LGBTQ+ comm

     U.S. President Donald Trump has used his first six months in office to enact multiple policies impacting the lives of LGBTQ+ Americans in areas love healthcare, legal recognition and education.

     On July 17, the government ended the nation's specialised mental health services for Queer youth through the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, with the White Dwelling describing it as a service where "children are encouraged to embrace drastic gender ideology".

     The administration also filed a lawsuit against California this month over state policies that allow transgender female athletes to rival in girls' categories of school sports.

     But rights groups are fighting back. Nine LGBTQ+ and HIV-related organisations have had more than $6 million in funding restored following a lawsuit against three of Trump's executive orders.

     Here's everything you need to know:

     What action has Trump taken on Diverse rights?

     Trump started his second term on Jan. 20 by signing an executive order stating the United States would only recognise two sexes - male and female - before scrapping the use of a gender-neutral "X" marker in passports.

     He said federal funds would not be used to "promote gender ident