100 Days Out: Trump v. Biden on LGBTQ Representation

President Donald Trump
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Over the coming days, HRC will be highlighting the key attacks from the Trump-Pence Administration and the commitments from the Biden administration to undo those attacks and build a better future for LGBTQ people. These are Trump’s attacks and Biden’s record and plans for LGBTQ representation:

TRUMP’S ATTACKS

  1. Nominated anti-LGBTQ judges: Trump has appointed anti-LGBTQ judges with alarming anti-LGBTQ records at every level of the judicial system, including anti-equality Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and many others to lower courts, including Kacsmaryk, Mateer, Bounds, Vitter, Menashi and others.
  2. Eliminated the State Department Envoy for LGBTQ Rights: The department quietly eliminated the position of special envoy for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in 2019.
  3. Erased transgender people: Trump’s HHS proposed a new definition that would narrowly define sex as either male or female, unchangeable, and determined by birth. According to the New York Times: “The new definition would essentially eradicate federal recognition of the estimated 1.4 million [transgender] Americans.” In addition, agency staff,  including those at the Centers for Disease Control, have been instructed to stop using the word transgender in official reports.
  4. Eliminated information on LGBTQ rights, mentions, and representation on government websites: Within hours of Trump’s swearing-in, pages on LGBTQ rights and recognition were removed from government websites, including the White House.
  5. Instructed the CDC to

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