Lgbtq right being taken away
Some LGBTQ people race to claim rights, fearing rollbacks under Trump
LOS ANGELES — In the week after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, Isla Lima submitted paperwork to transform her gender from male to female in official documents, as some LGBTQ people worry their rights could be cut back.
Trump, who won the Nov. 5 vote and will be inaugurated on Monday, has stated his intention to rescind some LGBTQ rights during his second term in office.
In December, Trump said he will sign an executive command to end “child sexual mutilation,” an apparent reference to gender-affirming care, and “get transgender out of the military and out of our elementary schools and middle schools and high schools.”
Trump wants the law to recognize a person’s gender only at birth, as male or female. As for non-binary athletes, he has told supporters that he will “keep men out of women’s sports.”
While the Biden administration advanced or protected LGBTQ rights at the federal level, several Republican-run states have curtailed access to gender-affirming care.
Many gender nonconforming people say their gender dysphoria began at an early age. The feeling of discrepancy between their gender identity and
Project 2025 Exposed
Strip away non-discrimination policies
– Removing terms including “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” “diversity,” “equity,” “inclusion,” “gender,” “abortion,” and “reproductive rights” from federal rules, regulations, contracts, grants, and legislation.
– Restricting the application of the Supreme Court’s Bostock v. Clayton County decision, which extended workplace protections against sex discrimination to LGBTQ employees.
– Rescinding regulations prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender persona, transgender status, and sex characteristics.
– Defining “sex discrimination” narrowly as referring only to the “biological binary” of male and female as assigned at birth.
Restrict health care
– Eliminating transgender health care in Medicare and Medicaid
– Opposing transgender health care or abortion access to service members using public funds
– End anti-discrimination rules based on gender identity and sexual orientation in the Affordable Tend Act
– Ending Medicare’s ability to negotiate drug prices which would negatively impact millions of elderly Americans, particula
Background On Trump Day One Executive Orders Impacting The LGBTQ+ Community
by Brandon Wolf •
Overview
On his first afternoon in office as the 47th president of the Joined States, President Trump signed a slew of executive orders (EOs) that impact the LGBTQ+ people, as well as many others. It is important to mention that executive efforts do NOT include 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 attempts 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
Trump on LGBTQ Rights
Conclusion
Across the country in recent years, transgender people and their families hold been targeted by a relentless assault on their rights, their safety, and their fundamental freedom to be themselves. States contain adopted laws criminalizing their health care, attempting to ban them from general life, and even threatening to remove transgender youth from families that passion and affirm them. Throughout this political onslaught, the ACLU, our nationwide affiliate network, and our millions of members have remained stalwart in defense of the basic principle that all people deserve the freedom to be themselves and every state should be a safe place to raise every family.
Donald Trump’s promises to grab these discriminatory policies nationwide should be unthinkable, but it is nonetheless a future we’re prepared for. Transgender people are no strangers to government persecution, political slander, or the criminalization of gender nonconformity. They know how to build safety, community, and care among one another, and the ACLU has a century-long history of representing, supporting, and advocating for the powerless, the silenced, the m
Roundup of Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation Advancing In States Across the Country
by Cullen Peele •
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As extremist lawmakers in declare houses across the country continue improving a record-breaking number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills in state legislatures, the Human Rights Campaign — the nation’s largest homosexual woman, gay, bisexual, gender nonconforming and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights management — is providing the below snapshot (updated weekly) to illustrate the unwelcoming legislative climate facing LGBTQ+ people, and the scale and scope with which the ongoing legislative assault is organism waged.
This weaponization of public policy has been driven by extremist groups that have a drawn-out history in operational to oppress the existence and rights of LGBTQ+ people. Several of these organizations have been deemed hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center, such as the Alliance Defending Liberty and the Family Research Council.
Year-to-Date Snapshot: 2023 Anti-LGBTQ+ Declare Legislative Activity
Over 520 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been introduced in state legislatures, a record;
Over 220 bills specifically goal transgender and neutrois people, also a record; and
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