Image via Newsweek: Trump Truthing Nazi-Era Symbol Sparks LGBTQ Anger.
This page is part of a resource collection on far right extremism.
See also this resource on Trump’s attacks on trans people and this resource on anti-LGBT extremism.
Resources
Teddy Wilson: Map: Far Right Groups Targeting Pride Month.
Uncloseted Media:
- Every Move the Trump Administration has Made on LGBTQ Issues in Its First 100 Days.
- Days 101-200: Every Anti-LGBTQ Move the Trump Administration Has Made.
2025
February 21. Jaclyn Diaz: Trump’s passport policy leaves trans, intersex Americans in the lurch.
February 24. Madison Pauly: LGBTQ Federal Workers Brace for a McCarthyist Purge.
March 6. Sarah Edwards: Federal Agency Deletes Website Page On Durham’s Pauli Murray; Censors Other References to Queer History.
March 6. Michael Paulson: Theaters Sue the N.E.A. Over Trump’s ‘Gender Ideology’ Order: The lawsuit seeks to block a new rule that requires groups applying for grants from the National Endowment for the Arts to agree not to promote “gender ideology.”
March 14. Emma Cieslik: Trump Attacks Queer Communities Using Nazi Symbolism.
March 24. Carla K. Johnson: Trump administration cancels at least 68 grants focused on LGBTQ health questions.
March 25. David Smith: ‘This is injustice’: inside Trump’s attack on funding for LGBTQ+ arts.
April 3. Benjamin Ryan & Aria Bendix: Trump administration axes more than $125M in LGBTQ health funding, upending research field: The administration’s cancellation of hundreds of grants is dismantling the LGBTQ-focused research field, built out of nothing over a quarter-century.
April 14. Paul M. Collins Jr.: Same-sex marriage is under attack by state lawmakers, emboldened by Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ measures and the Supreme Court’s willingness to overturn precedent.
June 27. Christine Hauser: Pentagon Strips Harvey Milk’s Name From Navy Vessel. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the decision was “taking the politics out of ship naming.”
June 27. Adam Liptak: Justices Let Parents Opt Children Out of Classes With L.G.B.T.Q. Storybooks. Maryland parents have a religious right to withdraw their children from classes on days that stories with gay and transgender themes are discussed, the court ruled.
August 12. Kinsey Crowley: SCOTUS has been asked to overturn same-sex marriage. What is Trump’s stance?
September 1. The Associated Press: Canada issues travel advisory warning over U.S. states’ LGBTQ+ laws.
September 7. Ashifa Kassam: LGBTQ+ Americans consider move to Canada to escape Trump: ‘I’m afraid of living here.’
October 7. Sam Levin & Rachel Leingang: US supreme court appears poised to overturn Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’: Ruling in favor of Christian legal group could undermine care and rights for LGBTQ+ youth across the country.
October 16. Maanvi Singh: Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal.’
November 19. Maya Yang: FBI worker says he was wrongfully terminated for having Pride flag at desk: David Maltinsky, a 16-year veteran, says in lawsuit agency retaliated against him for engaging in protected speech.
December 4. Jaclyn Diaz: DOJ orders prison inspectors to stop considering LGBTQ safety standards.
December 10. Gwen Howerton: A Texas city is one of the first in the nation to kill LGBTQ+ protections: Arlington voted to rescind LGBTQ+ discrimination protections in order to protect nearly $70 million in federal funds.
2024
December 20. Odette Yousef: Trump’s reelection victory pushes some LGTBQ Minneapolis residents to safety training.
December 7. Jaclyn Diaz: Activists worry that Trump will bulldoze trans rights. Here’s how they’re preparing.