Trump sending legislation to un to stop crimializing gays

The Trump administration is launching a global campaign to end the criminalization of homosexuality in dozens of nations where it's still illegal to be gay. Now in its sixth month, President Trump's administration has become the antithesis of progress, many LGBTQ Americans say. While Trump noted efforts to decriminalize being gay around the world, activists pointed out everything he's done to harm LGBTQ people.

Trump on LGBTQ Rights: Rolling Back Protections and Criminalizing Gender Nonconformity Our experts detail the threats a potential second Trump administration poses to the LGBTQ community, particularly transgender people. Donald Trump has enacted a raft of anti-LGBTQ+ executive orders, many of which specifically target the trans community, just a week in.

On July 3 , the Department of Housing and Urban Development removed requirements that applicants for homelessness funding maintain anti-discrimination policies and demonstrate efforts to serve LGBT people and their families, which had been included in Notices of Funding Availability for several prior years.

Citizenship and Immigration Services sent letters, first reported in the Boston area, stating that the agency will no longer consider most deferrals of deportation for people with a serious medical condition — asking people in extreme medical need to leave the country within 33 days. He followed through with a presidential memo on August 25, though the issue is still being challenged in the courts.

And people diagnosed with gender dysphoria or who had already undergone a transition could not enlist. Without the protections of Flores, the government can hold immigrant children indefinitely, and in prison-like conditions, with no hope for a timely release and no mandate for appropriate care of traumatized children. For list of sources, check here. The proposal would also eliminate the Community Relations Service — a Justice Department office established by the Civil Rights Act of — which has been a key tool that helps address discrimination, conflicts, and tensions in communities around the country.

Directing the HHS Secretary to develop new guidance without this standard, and in accordance with this and other orders, could limit agency ability to identify standards that adequately meet the needs of transgender people. Rather, it seeks to provide the most accurate and current information available regarding the evidence base for the treatment of gender dysphoria in this population, the state of the relevant medical field in the United States, and the ethical considerations associated with the treatments offered.

In addition, West Virginia v. The aim of the letter is to collect information on the delivery of these services and their associated costs and revenue. In December , Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act, federally recognizing same-sex and interracial marriages, and creating legal protections if the Supreme Court were to overturn its precedent on marriage equality.

On August 3, the bureau released a statement confirming that both field data collection and self-response would be ending a month early on September On February 12 , the Trump administration released an infrastructure proposal that would reward the rich and special interests at the expense of low-income communities and communities of color and leave behind too many American communities and those most in need.

On March 17 , the Department of Housing and Urban Development removed links to four key resource documents from its website, which informed emergency shelters on best practices for serving transgender people facing homelessness and complying with HUD regulations. Grace Abels PolitiFact. The proposal would strip away student borrower rights, end key deterrents of predatory school conduct, and make it nearly impossible for students hurt by school misconduct to get loan relief.

Department of Education Paul Matey , U. Both departments jointly issued the guidance in January Implications: The aim of the final rule aligns with policies expressed in Executive Orders on gender and limiting access to gender affirming care discussed above , though the agency states the rule does not rely on these orders or their enjoined sections.

Trump Administration Civil and Human Rights Rollbacks

On January 16 , nine federal agencies issued proposed rules eliminating the rights of people receiving help from federal programs to i request a referral if they have a concern or problem with a faith-based provider and ii receive written notice of their rights. On October 30 , Axios reported that Trump intends to sign an executive order to end birthright citizenship.

On May 29 , Trump vetoed a bipartisan resolution to overturn a Department of Education rule and hold Secretary DeVos accountable for failing to provide relief to students defrauded by for-profit colleges. While nothing in the memo prohibits provision of gender affirming care, its emphasis on litigation and enforcement of existing law that do not necessarily implicate this care, could have a chilling effect on providers.

It could also jeopardized programs and funding for agencies reaching these communities. The rule does not mean that plans cannot cover gender affirming care services but excluding certain services from coverage as EHBs means that enrollees would not be assured the same cost-sharing and benefit design protections as for services included in the EHB package.

Implications: Review could be used as support for other actions the administration seeks to take some described here aimed at limiting minor access to gender affirming care.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued an opinion letter abandoning its long-standing interpretation of Section of the Civil Rights Act of Miami-Dade mayor set to present her proposed budget for the new fiscal year Tuesday. On September 30 , the State Department told Congress that it would allow only 15, refugees to resettle in the United States in the fiscal year, which began the following day.