Donald Tmp holds high the flag for gay equaly - Washgton Tim

Contents:

• TMP TELLS GAY SUPPORTER 'YOU DON'T LOOK GAY' AT MAR-A-LAGO FUNDRAISER
• DONALD TMP HOLDS HIGH THE FLAG FOR GAY EQUALY
• DONALD TMP WAV THE GAY PRI FLAG
• TMP PRI: GAY REPUBLINS ON WHY THEY'RE BACKG THE PRINT
• DONALD TMP WAV THE GAY FLAG

TMP TELLS GAY SUPPORTER 'YOU DON'T LOOK GAY' AT MAR-A-LAGO FUNDRAISER

)But while the symbols are important, they don’t make up for the other ways that Tmp nigrat the digny of LGBT there’s his zeal for rtrictg LGBT rights—lettg stat ban transgenr people om g the bathroom of their genr inty, opposg the 2015 Supreme Court cisn that legalized same-sex marriage natnwi, his promise to appot judg to the Supreme Court who will reverse the lg, or his choice of one of Ameri’s most rabidly anti-gay policians as his vice print. “Pri is a time to rell the trials the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer muny has endured and to rejoice the triumphs of trailblazg dividuals who have bravely fought – and ntue to fight – for full equaly, ” Mr Bin said a statement on Tuday. Thirty years ago this month, at the Stonewall Inn New York Cy, a urageo group of cizens risted harassment and mistreatment, settg motn a cha of events that would bee known as the Stonewall Uprisg and the birth of the morn gay and lbian civil rights movement.

DONALD TMP HOLDS HIGH THE FLAG FOR GAY EQUALY

Gays and lbians, their fai and iends, celebrate the anniversary of Stonewall every June Ameri as Gay and Lbian Pri Month; and, earlier this month, the Natnal Park Service add the Stonewall Inn, as well as the nearby park and neighborhood streets surroundg , to the Natnal Register of Historic Plac. Clton, Print of the Uned Stat of Ameri, by virtue of the thory vted me by the Constutn and laws of the Uned Stat, do thereby proclaim June 1999 as Gay and Lbian Pri Month.

I enurage all Amerins to observe this month wh appropriate programs, ceremoni, and activi that celebrate our diversy, and to remember throughout the year the gay and lbian Amerins whose many and varied ntributns have enriched our natnal life. He’s also flip-flopped on rights and protectns when to transgenr let’s not fet that Tmp’s nng mate Mike Pence has a rich history of LGBTQ tolerance, cludg opposg foreign ernments’ efforts to crimalize homosexualy, opposg repealg “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and leadg a csa agast LGBT rights as ernor of Indiana.

"My Admistratn has lnched a global mpaign to crimalize homosexualy and ve all natns to jo this effort!, " the print poted to his admistratn's efforts to crimalize homosexualy worldwi that are beg led by the U. "As your print, I will do everythg my power to protect our LGBTQ cizens om the vlence and opprsn of a hateful foreign iology, " Tmp said at the the two and a half years sce Tmp was gurated, he has taken steps to curtail LGBTQ rights, om nomatg judg aligned wh anti-gay hate groups to banng transgenr people om the Pri Month was tablished by Clton June 1999, though back then was lled Gay and Lbian Pri Month. "Today, more openly gay and lbian dividuals serve senr posts throughout the Feral Government than durg any other Admistratn, " Clton's June 2000 proclamatn cled to regnize June as Pri Month, and was not until the electn of Barack Obama that the tradn started aga.

DONALD TMP WAV THE GAY PRI FLAG

"Durg Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Pri Month, we celebrate the proud legacy LGBT dividuals have woven to the fabric of our Natn, we honor those who have fought to perfect our Unn, and we ntue our work to build a society where every child grows up knowg that their untry supports them, is proud of them, and has a place for them exactly as they are.

TMP PRI: GAY REPUBLINS ON WHY THEY'RE BACKG THE PRINT

Former Print Donald Tmp told a gay supporter that they did not "look gay" durg a Wednday fundraiser at his Mar-a-Lago club held the fundraiser for Michigan Republin ngrsnal ndidate John Gibbs, who is opposg hmen GOP Reprentative Peter Meijer.

"Peter Boyk, the founr of the Gays for Tmp anizatn, told Newsweek a Thursday email those who associate wh his group "probably wouldn't 'look gay' bee 's a stereotype that fs more wh the typil 'look' of leftist LGBT. He add that "Gays For Tmp is a natnwi movement full of var typ of gays and the gay muny has a lot of diversy—the difference is the Gays for Tmp lean right.

Some openly gay dividuals also served high-level posns wh the Tmp Whe Hoe unr Tmp also took numero anti-LGBTQ+ stanc on var legal s makg their way through the urts. "The dividuals that I work wh this buildg don't treat me any differently bee I'm gay, " Judd Deere, who served as Tmp's Whe Hoe Deputy Prs Secretary, told BuzzFeed News 2019.

DONALD TMP WAV THE GAY FLAG

Richard Grenell, who is openly gay, served as an ambassador unr Tmp and also was appoted as the actg director of natnal telligence om Febary 2020 to May 2020.

Although he was never officially nfirmed by the Senate, this ma Grenell the first openly gay dividual to serve a Cabet-level posn U. The Uned Stat is the bt untry the world for gays and lbians, " Grenell said a July 2020 Q&A by the Office of the Director of Natnal Intelligence for Pri month.

Jt last month, NBC News reported that Clarence Mason Weaver, a right-wg pund who lled beg gay “an abomatn, ” was appoted as an advisory board member to the “Black Voic for Tmp” mpaign is not the first time the Tmp mpaign, which did not rpond to NBC News’ requt for ment, has been cricized as “hypocril” for sellg LGBTQ merchandise. "“Tmp — who banned trans troops, is agast LGBT employment protectns, wants ppl to be able to turn away LGBT ctomers, & is nyg cizenship to kids of US gay upl born out of wedlock — is sellg LGBTQ for Tmp shirts for Pri, ” BuzzFeed journalist David Mack wrote on Twter at the time. Hoe of Reprentativ, acrdg to ex LGBTQ voters do intify as part of Tmp’s base, cludg some members of the Log Cab Republins, a gay nservative group that faced ternal turmoil earlier this year after some of s learship endorsed Tmp's re-electn.