What has donald trump done for the gay community
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.
ACLU
June 13, 2024In 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 possess been changed or added.
Donald Trump’s administration initiated a sustained, years-long effort to erase protections for LGBTQ people. This included an endeavor 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 track, Trump vowed to dismantle a recent Biden administration policy that will present prote
Look Back: Trump-Pence Administration Timeline
This archived timeline examines the key moments of the Trump-Pence Administration. It highlights pivotal deeds, policy changes, and milestones regarding LGBTQ+ rights and equality.
The HRC Foundation's Official report
Trump's Administrative Exploitation and the LGBTQ+ Group
This report highlights the Trump-Pence administration's highly unique and abusive efforts to quietly roll back critical protections, programs and services for the LGBTQ+ society by bypassing long standing administrative policies and customs for instituting such changes.
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01/13/2021
U.S. House of Representatives Upheld Rule of Law by Impeaching Donald Trump for Second Time & Senate Must Vote to Convict
The U.S. House of Representatives impeached Donald Trump for the second time.
The Property has done its occupation and it’s now period for the Senate to follow through. Donald Trump must be removed from office immediately.
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) January 13, 2021
Press Release
01/08/2021
The Trump-Pence White House finalized an 11th-hour regulation that permits discrimination against Queer peopl
Background On Trump Evening 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 good 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 own 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 accept time and require detailed additional plans to be developed.
Newly Issued Executive Orders
A number of executive deeds yesterday will impact the LGBTQ+ comm
BREAKING: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REMOVES LGBTQ AND HIV RESOURCES FROM Colorless HOUSE AND OTHER GOVERNMENT WEBSITES
GLAAD: “President Trump claims to be a powerful proponent of release of speech, yet he is clearly committed to censorship of any data containing or connected to LGBTQ Americans and issues that we face. This action proves the Trump administration’s purpose of making it as difficult as possible for LGBTQ Americans to detect federal resources or otherwise see ourselves reflected under his presidency. Sadly for him, our society is more observable than ever; and this pathetic aim to diminish and remove us will again prove unsuccessful.”
(January 21, 2025 — New York, NY) — Today GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, pansexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming (LGBTQ) media support organization, is breaking news that the Trump administration has eliminated nearly all LGBTQ and HIV focused content and resources from the White House website, as well as eliminated LGBTQ and HIV content from key federal agency webpages.
Mentions of “lesbian,” “bisexual,” “gay,” “transgender,” “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” and akin terms are no longer accessible on Whi
U.S. President Donald Trump has used his first six months in office to enact multiple policies impacting the lives of Diverse Americans in areas appreciate healthcare, legal recognition and education.
On July 17, the government ended the nation's specialised mental health services for LGBTQ+ youth through the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, with the White House describing it as a service where "children are encouraged to embrace radical gender ideology".
The administration also filed a lawsuit against California this month over state policies that allow transgender female athletes to compete in girls' categories of university sports.
But rights groups are fighting back. Nine Queer and HIV-related organisations include had more than $6 million in funding restored following a lawsuit against three of Trump's executive orders.
Here's everything you depend on to know:
What action has Trump taken on Queer rights?
Trump started his second term on Jan. 20 by signing an executive order stating the Combined 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