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Originally posted by Car Radio
Y'all celebrating but the community can/will still suffer from this Presidency.
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this. first of all, there's still tons of work to be done for anti lgbt discrimination protections which are now going to be grinding to a halt. you can be fired for being gay in most states in this country.
second of all, there are already many reports that trump is deferring much of his policy to pence and ryan. pence literally believes in conversion therapy for gay people and made applying for a marriage license in indiana as a gay couple (which many gay couples were doing as protest before marriage equality passed) a criminal offense of u
p to 13 months in prison and a massive fine.
third of all, the supreme court is gone. potentially for many decades. they have the power to strip gay of people of rights (imagine if the wedding cake suit was presented to a 6-3 court instead of a 4-4 court it is currently... it wouldn't have gone well). this is especially damaging for trans rights as they are just getting the national spotlight now.
this presidency is going to be horrible for gay people. the rnc platform this year is the most explicitly anti gay ever and it was made and supported by preibus, ryan, etc. aka the people running the government now.