The Trump White House is removing information about LGBT and HIV from the site

Simply as it was four years agothe Trump administration removed almost all references to LGBT identity and HIV from the White House website.

Also, looking for “Lesbian,” “gay,” and “bisexual” led to an executive order by President Donald Trump that rescinds various executive orders issued by former President Joe Biden.

Search “transgender” makes the same order as well as a separate order effectively erasing gender identity from the law and require the federal government to recognize a person’s gender assigned at birth only on identification documents, in government surveys, and to receive any government benefits.

This search also gives remark made by Trump at the Freedom Ball, the first event where he talked about restoring “common sense” by banning transgender people from competing on sports teams that match their gender identity. He attacked gender confirmation care, saying: “We don’t want transgender surgery for everyone.”

Meanwhile, search for “LGBTQ» gives a null result. Search “sexual orientation” returns the same results as “gay” and “lesbian”, while the term “gender identity” contains the same findings, along with Trump’s executive order seeking to roll back all diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the federal government, and a fact sheet explaining how ending DEI programs and initiatives will restore “merit-based” hiring “. and school enrollment processes.

According to LGBTQ media watchdog GLADother pages removed from the White House website are his statement of equityand information sheet with information on expanding access to prevention, treatment of HIV infection and information and information about LGBTQ Pride Month.

In addition, LGBTQ pages were removed from Department of State, Labor Departmentand other federal agency websites.

LGBTQ or HIV-specific the web pages are still up on the CDC website, but for how long?

New administrations typically change or add content to certain web pages or redesign federal agency sites to make them more accessible to the public, and to advertise policy changes. But Trump’s frequent demonization of the LGBTQ community, and especially transgender people, makes it possible that his administration will remove any references to LGBTQ altogether.

Earlier this week, Trump noted that the United States government recognizes only two genders: male and female.

Trump has already made it public order reversing a Biden-era policy that allowed people to serve in the U.S. military regardless of various characteristics, including sexual orientation or gender identity. It is believed that he will soon re-impose a ban that would prevent transgender members of the military from serving openly. as he did during his first term.

GLAAD, which first publicized the erasure of LGBTQ terms, condemned the new administration’s actions.

“President Trump claims to be a strong supporter of free speech, but he is clearly committed to censoring any information that includes or relates to LGBT Americans and the issues we face,” said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO director of GLAAD. statement. “This action demonstrates the Trump administration’s goal of making it as difficult as possible for LGBTQ Americans to seek federal resources or otherwise see themselves represented during his presidency. Unfortunately for him, our community is more visible than ever; and this pathetic attempt to diminish and eliminate us will fail again.”

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