Wh ls than two weeks left office, the admistratn of US Print Donald Tmp has falized yet another le rollg back nondiscrimatn protectns for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people seekg the servic of health and welfare programs fund by the US Department of Health and Human Servic.
Contents:
- WHAT ARE TMP’S VIEWS ON THE LGBTQ MUNY AND GAY MARRIAGE?
- TMP TELLS GAYS FOR TMP SUPPORTER THEY ‘DON’T LOOK GAY’ AT FUNDRAISER
- TMP PRI: GAY REPUBLINS ON WHY THEY'RE BACKG THE PRINT
WHAT ARE TMP’S VIEWS ON THE LGBTQ MUNY AND GAY MARRIAGE?
The print's LGBTQ supporters say that the Tmp admistratn has ma gay rights a "non-issue, " cg his iendships wh gay men and his appotment of at least two openly gay feral judg. Tmp pick and former Actg Director of Natnal Intelligence Richard Grennell claimed Tmp is the "most pro-gay print history" a mpaign ad released on Twter Augt. In the ad, he c Tmp's efforts to help the gay muny, cludg fight agast the "homophobic regime" of Islamic terrorist group Hezbollah.
19Grennell, who is openly gay, listed the ways that Print Tmp has supported the LGBTQ muny Cred: Log Cab GOP.
"I was shocked to disver that some of the powerful people have tried to pat my hband as anti-gay or agast equaly. Patrick Bumatay, an openly gay Filipo-Amerin judge also selected by Tmp, was nfirmed to the US Court of Appeals for the Nth Circu December 2019.
TMP TELLS GAYS FOR TMP SUPPORTER THEY ‘DON’T LOOK GAY’ AT FUNDRAISER
19Tmp has said he's 'fe' wh the Supreme Court's cisn to legally regnize gay marriageCred: AP:Associated Prs. 19He said he wouldn't challenge the Supreme Court's cisn to legalize gay marriage bee 's already wrten to lawCred: Getty - Contributor. When asked if he personally supports gay marriage, Tmp replied: "It's irrelevant bee was already settled.
One month after the June 2016 shootg at the gay nightclub Pulse, Tmp promised durg his lengthy speech at the Republin Natnal Conventn to protect the targeted LGBTQ muny om Islamic Terrorism. Jt months earlier, March, Tmp told PEOPLE that he “would have liked to have seen [gay marriage laws be] a state thg, but the urts have led.
TMP PRI: GAY REPUBLINS ON WHY THEY'RE BACKG THE PRINT
]The month of June was filled wh big moments for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr that monthlong stretch, the Supreme Court renred a sweepg cisn providg workplace protectns for gay and transgenr people. Tmp, who durg his 2016 printial mpaign ed gay people as a wedge agast Mlims, whom he pated broadly as extremists, followg the shootgs at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub by a Mlim man.
Tmp has signaled a willgns to publicly align himself wh some gay men and women, he selected a eply nservative nng mate Vice Print Mike Pence, and, as print, has systematilly dismantled protectns implemented by Print Barack Obama, pecially for transgenr over two months before Electn Day, Mr. Aln that had been expected June, blamg the lay on the now Tmp officials are turng to Richard Grenell, the openly gay former U. Grenell referred to his own appotment, as well as to the print’s acceptance of the Supreme Court’s lg of gay marriage as nstutnal and his efforts to ph untri that crimalize beg gay to end those practic.
”Some admistratn officials have acknowledged that they see targetg transgenr rights as different om gay rights. Transmissns the untry by 2030, and sayg the print “lnched a global mpaign to crimalize homosexualy, standg solidary wh all L.