Print Donald Tmp mpaigned on beg a “real iend” to the gay muny, but several LGBT rights anizatns said the relig liberty executive orr he signed Thursday uld open the doors for more discrimatn agast gay Amerins.
Contents:
- EXECUTIVE ORR ON ADVANCG EQUALY FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX INDIVIDUALS
- ADVANCG EQUALY FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX INDIVIDUALS
- A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH, 2021
EXECUTIVE ORR ON ADVANCG EQUALY FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX INDIVIDUALS
Our Natn has ma great stris fulfillg the fundamental promis of eedom and equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and tersex (LGBTQI+) Amerins, owg to the learship of generatns of LGBTQI+ dividuals. When Printial ndidate Donald Tmp chose relig extremist and avowed homophobe Mike Pence as his nng mate stead of morate former New Jersey Gov. Supreme Court led agast gay platiffs and the Colorado Civil Rights Commissn the se of Masterpiece Cakhop, which refed to make a ke for a gay uple’s weddg.
March 2019: Tmp refed to sign onto a statement by Uned Natns member natns llg for “a swift, thorough and impartial vtigatn to the alleged persecutn” of gays and lbians the Rsian republic of Chechnya.
Advancg Equaly for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex Individuals. Our Natn has ma great stris fulfillg the fundamental promis of eedom and equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and tersex (LGBTQI+) Amerins, owg to the learship of generatns of LGBTQI+ dividuals.
ADVANCG EQUALY FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX INDIVIDUALS
Wh ltle fanfare on Monday, Print Donald Tmp signed an executive orr that LGBTQ advot say rolls back lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr rights and breaks a promise to that muny not to make such chang to existg executive orr revok key ponents of the Obama admistratn's prev executive orr banng feral ntractors om discrimatg agast employe on the basis of sexual orientatn or inty, gay rights advot say.
The group is opposg a "bathroom bill" that would require people to e public bathrooms and rtrooms that rrpond wh the sex on their birth Gay / APLGBTQ advot say they were particularly rattled by Tmp's Monday signg, sce revokg the pliance requirement would appear to make existg protectns agast genr inty and sexual orientatn discrimatn January, the Whe Hoe issued a statement rponse to panic over a mored executive orr that would severely impact LGBTQ rights — specifilly promisg not to over turn Obama's protectns for LGBTQ workers employed by feral ntractors. Pri is a time to rell the trials the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer (LGBTQ+) muny has endured and to rejoice the triumphs of trailblazg dividuals who have bravely fought — and ntue to fight — for full equaly. BIDEN JR., Print of the Uned Stat of Ameri, by virtue of the thory vted me by the Constutn and the laws of the Uned Stat, do hereby proclaim June 2021 as Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer Pri Month.
A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH, 2021
Appotg a small handful of gay people out of thoands of nomatns and makg a very few -- and unfullfilled -- pledg n hardly qualify as acplishments. Joked about Pence’s sire to hang LGBTQ people: In 2017, Tmp joked about Vice Print Pence’s anti-gay agenda sayg “Don’t ask that guy—he wants to hang them all!
They did not want to be intified; two said they feared beg reassigned for beg gay.
In a reversal om the Obama admistratn, the Tmp admistratn has repeatedly taken the posn that laws and regulatns that prohib discrimatn on the basis of sex do not ver a person discrimated agast for beg gay or transgenr. We found dozens of chang that reprent a profound rhapg of the way the feral ernment treats the more than 11 ln lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Amerins. In a Supreme Court se over whether a Colorado baker had the right to refe service to a gay uple on relig and eedom of speech grounds, the DOJ submted an amic brief support of the baker’s right to refe service.