US EditionTrump Once Opened the Door to the LGBTQ+ Community. Now Activists Say He’s Their Top Threat
- During WorldPride in early June 2025, Dupont Circle Park in Washington, D.C., was fenced off and shuttered through Sunday.
- This closure and President Trump's declaration of June as Title IX Month follow a federal rollback of transgender protections, justified as preserving women's sports.
- Meanwhile, about 125 people gathered on June 5 at California Lutheran University for a Pride and Resilience town hall addressing threats from federal policies restricting transgender rights.
- Speakers highlighted federal actions including banning chosen pronouns in schools, removing Harvey Milk’s name from a military ship, and corporate sponsors scaling back Pride support due to political pressure.
- Despite these challenges, attendees and advocates stressed that Pride’s legacy from the 1969 Stonewall uprising remains resilient and will outlast attempts to erase LGBTQ+ visibility.
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Since his return to the White House in January, Donald Trump has stopped the advances in LGBT+ rights, especially those of transgender people.
Since Donald Trump's re-election, the climate has become more tense for the LGBTQI+ community in the United States. Among other things, the president has gone on a crusade against policies of diversity and inclusion that he considers discriminatory.
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Trump once opened the door to the LGBTQ+ community. Now activists say he’s their top threat
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JILL COLVIN WASHINGTON (AP) — When he first ran for office, Donald Trump appeared to be a new kind of Republican when it came to gay rights. Years earlier, he overturned the rules of his own Miss Universe pageant to allow a transgender contestant to compete. He said Caitlyn Jenner could use any bathroom at Trump Tower that she wanted. And he was the first president to name an openly gay person to a Cabinet-level position. B…
Trump once opened the door to the LGBTQ2S+ community. Now activists say he’s their top threat
Since returning to office this year, Trump has engaged in what activists say is an unprecedented assault on the LGBTQ2S+ community. The threat from the White House contrasts with World Pride celebrations taking place just blocks away in Washington, including a parade and rally this weekend.
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