‘Secretary of State Rex Tillerson released a statement marking Monday Transgender Day of Remembrance.
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“On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, the United States remains committed to advancing the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all persons,” Tillerson’s statement read. “These principles are inherent in our own Constitution and drive the diplomacy of the United States.”
The Trump administration has been criticized for its treatment of transgender rights.
Trump tweeted in July that he would ban transgender people from serving in the military, signing a memo in August that prevented transgender individuals from enlisting, and blocked the use of federal funds to pay for gender reassignment surgery for troops. A federal court partially blocked the ban in October.
Also in October, Attorney General Jeff Sessions reversed an Obama-era policy that protected transgender individuals from discrimination in employment.’
Tillerson condemns violence against LGBT people on Transgender Day of Remembrance
Tillerson is a willing participant in an administration hostile to the rights and protected liberties of those gay and transgender.
An administration that seeks through judicial appointments to allow the states to once again discriminate against gay and transgender Americans, to make being gay a crime, and to deny gay Americans their 14th Amendment right to access marriage law.
Such is conservative hypocrisy.
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“On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, the United States remains committed to advancing the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all persons,” Tillerson’s statement read. “These principles are inherent in our own Constitution and drive the diplomacy of the United States.”
The Trump administration has been criticized for its treatment of transgender rights.
Trump tweeted in July that he would ban transgender people from serving in the military, signing a memo in August that prevented transgender individuals from enlisting, and blocked the use of federal funds to pay for gender reassignment surgery for troops. A federal court partially blocked the ban in October.
Also in October, Attorney General Jeff Sessions reversed an Obama-era policy that protected transgender individuals from discrimination in employment.’
Tillerson condemns violence against LGBT people on Transgender Day of Remembrance
Tillerson is a willing participant in an administration hostile to the rights and protected liberties of those gay and transgender.
An administration that seeks through judicial appointments to allow the states to once again discriminate against gay and transgender Americans, to make being gay a crime, and to deny gay Americans their 14th Amendment right to access marriage law.
Such is conservative hypocrisy.