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President Trump’s Executive Orders Will Cost LGBTQ Immigrant Lives
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CONTACT: Kristen Thompson, Communications Director
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New York, NY (January 22, 2025) — Monitoring President Trump’s inauguration on Monday, he issued a slate of executive orders, some of which objective immigrants and their families and effectively block all pathways to safety in the United States for LGBTQ people fleeing persecution worldwide. (More information below.)
Aaron C. Morris, Immigration Equality’s Executive Director, issued the following statement:
“President Trump’s agenda to detain, deport, and dehumanize people is an affront to fundamental American values. The executive orders will cost lives, separate families, and trap gay people in places of extreme danger. They are an overt, illegal control grab with mortal consequences for LGBTQ people searching safety in the Merged States. Instead of scapegoating minorities for political obtain, the United States must remain a nation where all LGBTQ people can openly express themselves without the fear of ambush or reprisal. We cannot allow the President to implement these radica
Background On Trump Afternoon One Executive Orders Impacting The LGBTQ+ Community
by Brandon Wolf •
Overview
On his first day in office as the 47th president of the United States, President Trump signed a slew of executive orders (EOs) that impact the LGBTQ+ community, as adequately as many others. It is important to note that executive actions do NOT have the authority to override the United States Constitution, federal statutes, or established legal precedent. Many of these directives do just that or are regarding matters over which the president does not acquire control. Given that, many of these orders will be difficult, if not impossible, to implement, and efforts 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 seize time and require detailed additional plans to be developed.
Newly Issued Executive Orders
A number of executive deeds yesterday will impact the LGBTQ+ comm
Understanding Executive Orders and What They Mean for the LGBTQ+ Community
by Sarah Warbelow •
The first days of the brand-new Trump administration have seen a slew of Executive Orders (EOs) from the President, many which victim the LGBTQ+ community. From attacks on nondiscrimination protections in the workplace to attempts to limit the health care access of transgender, non-binary, and intersex individuals to bans on transgender individuals serving in the military, these executive actions attempt to undermine our hard-fought progress.
What Are Executive Orders, and How Do They Work?
But while these orders generate a ton of headlines, confusion, and chaos, they cannot override the United States Constitution, federal laws, and established legal precedent. The President may believe that with a wave of his sharpie, he can rip away our freedoms, but he does not, in fact, have the power to do this unilaterally. Understanding Executive Orders, how they are implemented, and how they legally operate can help us navigate these changes and fight back against them.
U.S. Presidents have long used Executive Orders as a tool to shape policy and direct federal agencies to implement
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 enjoy healthcare, legal recognition and education.
On July 17, the government ended the nation's specialised mental health services for Gay youth through the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, with the White Property describing it as a service where "children are encouraged to embrace extreme gender ideology".
The administration also filed a lawsuit against California this month over state policies that allow transgender female athletes to challenge 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.
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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
Trump's Executive Orders Promoting Sex Discrimination, Explained
Gillian Branstetter, Communications Strategist
Donald Trump was re-elected president on a wave of attacks against women and transgender people. Anti-transgender politicians spent more than $215 million on ads scapegoating trans people and promoting a Proposal 2025 agenda that threatens to rollback reproductive freedom and punish people for departing from archaic gender roles. On his first date back in office, President Trump signed a far-reaching executive order requiring federal agencies to discriminate against transgender people by denying who they are and threatening the liberty of self-determination and self-expression for all.
In 2020, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County affirming that discrimination against someone because they are LGBTQ is sex discrimination under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for the majority, said: “it is unachievable to discriminate against a person for being homosexual or transgender without discriminating against that individual based on sex.” Trump also withdrew an executive decree issued by former President