{"id":17583,"date":"2017-03-29T19:15:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T19:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=17583"},"modified":"2017-03-30T09:49:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T09:49:47","slug":"trumps-administration-no-friend-lgbt-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2017\/03\/trumps-administration-no-friend-lgbt-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s administration is no friend of the LGBT community"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Obama\u2019s order required large federal contracts be able to demonstrate that they have complied for at least three years with 14 federal laws and regulations. Several of these laws prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender stereotyping or gender identity, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on sex in employment, and the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, which prohibit discrimination based on HIV status and other disabilities.<\/p>\n By removing the requirement that federal contractors demonstrate that they have not violated these federal laws, “[t]his administration has made it extremely difficult to enforce these federal laws as applied to federal contractors,” Camilla Taylor, a Lambda Legal attorney, said<\/a>. “It\u2019s sending a message to these companies that the federal government simply doesn\u2019t care whether or not they violate the law.”<\/p>\n Second, the Census Bureau announced it would not include questions related to sexual orientation or gender identity, even though an earlier draft of subjects planned for the 2020 census initially included a proposal to include sexual orientation and gender identity. But when the final report issued, these inclusions were not listed in the long-awaited document, which outlined new categories presented to Congress this week. In a statement, the Census Bureau said the report including the proposed addition of sexual orientation and gender identity was released \u201cinadvertently\u201d and had been \u201ccorrected\u201d before it was sent to Congress.<\/p>\n
\nTrump recently took two more actions that contradict his claim that he is a friend to the LGBT community. Trump signed an executive order that revoked prior orders that provided anti-discrimination protections for federal LGBT employees<\/a>. Specifically, the president\u2019s decree revokes three previous orders signed by former President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n