White House Claimed Trump Is Pro-LGBTQ As His Policies Prove The Opposite

Trump has continuously sought to undermine LGBTQ rights and to suggest otherwise is simply wrong.

The administration has attacked queer and trans rights nearly from day one

Almost immediately after Trump took office in 2017, the administration rolled back an Obama-era memo directing schools to protect trans students from discrimination. Then that July, Trump announced he would order the military to ban trans people from serving. The administration went after trans prisoners as well in May 2018, deciding that in most cases, trans people should be housed according to their assigned sex at birth.

Just two weeks ago, the Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed a rule allowing homeless shelters to house trans people according to their birth-assigned sex.

Perhaps most critical was the administration’s attack on LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections in the Affordable Care Act, finalized in a new rule on June 12. That rule, said Johnson, threatens the administration’s HIV eradication goal.

Source: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/7/15/21325820/white-house-trump-lgbtq-policies