But since entering office, Trump has regularly tried to roll back decisions by President Barack Obama that gave LGBT people more rights and protections. According to a draft of a new Health and Human Services rule, language that was introduced during the Obama administration will be removed. Instead, the Trump administration would guarantee protections required by federal statutes that cover everything except sexual orientation and gender identity. “This represents another attack by this administration on the lives of the most vulnerable in our country under the pretense of religious freedom. The Human Rights Campaign, a top advocacy group for LGBT issues, has created a 16-page document outlining administration actions that it says are hostile to LGBT Americans.

Source: Washington Post November 05, 2019 15:44 UTC