A leaked draft executive order from President Trump has been widely circulated and reported today, and could be issued imminently.
“Make no mistake: this shameful, sweeping, and unconstitutional order would be about firing people and denying them health care and other government services simply because of who they are," said NCTE Executive Director Mara Keisling. "It is about federal officials refusing to do their jobs if it involves helping people they don't like. It is about federal grantees turning away people who are homeless, hungry, or in danger because they are transgender. Taxpayer dollars should not come with a free pass to discriminate. If this draft order or anything remotely like it is issued, President Trump will have once again shown he stands on the side of discrimination, this time against the 10 million Americans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, including over 1.4 million transgender adults. This is our country too."
