Tmp Pri: Gay Republins on why they're backg the print

Contents:

• WHAT ARE TMP’S VIEWS ON THE LGBTQ MUNY AND GAY MARRIAGE?
• TMP PRI: GAY REPUBLINS ON WHY THEY'RE BACKG THE PRINT
• DESANTIS MPAIGN TOUTS HIS 'DRANIAN' LGBTQ RERD VS. TMP; GAY NSERVATIV NOUNCE HIM
• TMP APPLDS POLL SHOWG 45 PERCENT SUPPORT AMONG GAY MEN
• THE GAY TTH ABOUT TMP
• DONALD TMP’S MORE ACCEPTG VIEWS ON GAY ISSU SET HIM APART G.O.P.

WHAT ARE TMP’S VIEWS ON THE LGBTQ MUNY AND GAY MARRIAGE?

]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. 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.

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

People has ually been nnectn wh celebry or support they have given Tmp allowed gay members to his Florida club Mar-a-Lago as long as they uld pay the exorbant membership fee; he broadst donatns to groups like the Gay Men’s Health Crisis when the AIDS epimic beme a celebry e; and he publicly embraced the civil unn between the sger Elton John, someone whose mic and fame Mr. Tmp’s embrace of iativ promotg relig eedom has been ed by people si and outsi his ernment to jtify discrimatn agast gay and transgenr Kelly/RtersOver many years, Mr. Tmp was qutned about whether he would nsir rcdg his ban on transgenr people enterg the ary by a reporter for The Washgton Bla, a gay Tmp gtured to his ch, appearg to signal the reporter’s mask was mufflg him.

Though marriage equaly is the law of the land, the Whe Hoe has taken steps to lim or undo gay rights several key policy areas such as lobbyg to give relig adoptn agenci the right to refe same-sex upl. The le would also have had a signifint impact on lbian, gay, and bisexual cisgenr people the US by allowg doctors, health re provirs, and surance pani to ny re or verage to cis queer people.

DESANTIS MPAIGN TOUTS HIS 'DRANIAN' LGBTQ RERD VS. TMP; GAY NSERVATIV NOUNCE HIM

The Tmp admistratn has attacked LGBT rights healthre, employment, hog, tn, merce, the ary, prisons and efforts, turns out, were jt the print’s anti-LGBT agenda uld soon ga signifint momentum at the US supreme urt, where Tmp’s Department of Jtice (DoJ) is phg to make legal to fire people for beg gay or transgenr.

TMP APPLDS POLL SHOWG 45 PERCENT SUPPORT AMONG GAY MEN

”Tmp’s most aggrsive anti-gay legal argument yetUnr Obama, LGBT people won a number of key victori, cludg the repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” ban on gay ary members, new protectns unr the Affordable Care Act, an anti-discrimatn executive orr and expand regnn of trans takg office, the Tmp admistratn has sought to reverse healthre protectns for trans people, moved to ban trans people om servg the ary, elimated l protectg trans stunts and phed to allow bs to turn away gay and trans ctomers if they seek a relig month, the Tmp jtice partment ma s most aggrsive anti-gay legal argument to date, urgg the supreme urt to le that gay employe are not protected unr a longstandg act that prohibs “sex discrimatn”. The DoJ filed briefs related to three supreme urt s to be heard together on 8 October – two volvg gay men fired om their jobs, and a third volvg a woman termated by her employer after she me out as Yorkers prott agast discrimatn towards the LGBT muny the aftermath of the cisn to ban transgenr people om servg the US ary, July 2017. 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. 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.

THE GAY TTH ABOUT TMP

But a Morng Consult poll om June found 19 percent of LGBTQ voters backed Tmp, while GLAAD's State of LGBTQ Voters report September reported jt 17 percent of LGBTQ registered voters were supportg the 's poll rults were siar to ex poll fdgs om 2016, which found that lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr voters backed Hillary Clton over Tmp by 74 percent to 14 percent.

DONALD TMP’S MORE ACCEPTG VIEWS ON GAY ISSU SET HIM APART G.O.P.

'100 percent on board'While the precise numbers may be uncerta, Tmp's msage is appealg to some segment of the LGBTQ Kazmierczak, a gay real tate agent Virgia who said he's "100 percent on board" wh the print, blam Democrats for fixatg on inty polics. On May 31, 2019, he regnized June as Pri Month for the first time a seri of tweets that doubled down on his mment to crimalizg homosexualy abroad.

It ma Grenell the first openly gay person named to a Cabet-level months later, Grenell was appoted the Tmp mpaign's senr adviser on LGBTQ outreach. "A lot of people jt don't like to be told they n only thk a certa way, and that's exactly what the left do, " said Bob Kabel, chair of the Log Cab Republins, a natnal gay nservative group.

"Others have rporated their support for Team Tmp to their fluencer brands, like lbian YouTuber Arielle Srcella, gay polil mentator Dave Rub and bi glam rocker Ricky Rebel, who appeared at the Grammys red leather chaps wh the words "IMPEACH THIS" wrten across his backsi.