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Trump’s Authoritarian Assault on LGBT People

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.

Image via Newsweek: Trump Truthing Nazi-Era Symbol Sparks LGBTQ Anger.

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.

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.