A proment group that reprents LGBT nservativ says a vio shared by Ron DeSantis′ printial mpaign that slams rival Donald Tmp for his past support of gay and transgenr people “ventured to homophobic terrory.”
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WHAT ARE TMP’S VIEWS ON THE LGBTQ MUNY AND GAY MARRIAGE?
The Florida ernor sought to ntrast his rerd opposg gay and transgenr rights a vio highlightg ments ma by the former print durg the 2016 mpaign — but has gotten some phback. * trump lgbt tweet *
Issu to Attack TmpThe Florida ernor sought to ntrast his rerd opposg gay and transgenr rights a vio highlightg ments ma by the former print durg the 2016 mpaign — but has gotten some a vio posted to Twter by his mpaign, Gov. People that was wily nmned as homophobic, cludg by a proment group reprentg gay and lbian vio, posted on Twter by the “DeSantis War Room” acunt, opens by showg Mr. The massacre, at a popular gay nightclub Orlando, Mr.
Tmp 2019 and has ed his Mar-a-Lago club for events, lled the vio “divisive and sperate” and said “ventured to homophobic terrory. "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. Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, who is gay.
DeSantis' mpaign shared a vio that attacked Tmp for his support of LGBTQ rights, promptg wispread backlash. Both ndidat have rolled back protectns for trans and gay people office. * trump lgbt tweet *
"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.
"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. The vio opens wh a clip of then-ndidate Tmp pledgg to "do everythg my power to protect our LGBTQ cizens" a speech at the 2016 Republin Natnal Conventn, jt weeks after a gunman killed 49 people at a gay club Orlando. What crics are sayg The Log Cab Republins, an anizatn that advot for LGBTQ nservativ, said a Twter thread that DeSantis' rhetoric had "ventured to homophobic terrory, " llg "divisive and sperate.
* trump lgbt tweet *
"I mean, the ad smacked of both homophobia and homoeroticism at the same time. Richard Grenell, Tmp's former actg director of natnal telligence — and the first openly gay Cabet member — lled the vio "unniably homophobic.
" Christa Phaw, the rapid rponse director for DeSantis' mpaign, rpond a tweet that opposg the feral regnn of Pri Month is not homophobic. Transportatn Secretary Pete Buttigieg — the first openly gay Cabet member to be approved by the Senate — allud to DeSantis "tryg to prove his manhood, " and asked who he is aimg to help. DeSantis — who said while mpaigng for ernor 2018 that "gettg to bathroom wars, I don't thk that's a good e of our time" — has taken a more hardle stance recent years, signg a slew of bills that roll back protectns for gay and transgenr dividuals.
Last March he signed a bill that crics have brand "Don't Say Gay, " which bans public school teachers om holdg classroom stctn about sexual orientatn or genr inty. 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.