Tag: Trump administration
Trump now using HIV status to separate families at the border
The Trump Administration is citing HIV status as a reason to separate families at the border, according to Brian Hastings, chief of Customs & Border Patrol.
Hastings made the remarks during a House Judiciary hearing on Thursday, July 25. During the hearing, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) asked Hastings point-blank if HIV status qualified as a reason to separate parents from children.
“It is because it’s a communicable disease under the guidance,” Hastings said. When Raskin pressed Hastings about HIV not being...
Mike Pence is defending the administration’s ban on flying pride flags as patriotism
Vice President Mike Pence, best known for his nonstop attacks on the LGBTQ community in the name of “religious freedom,” is defending the administration’s decision to stop allowing American embassies to fly the Pride flag in June.
While foreign outposts are defying Trump and finding ways to circumvent the guidance, Pence attempted to spin the rebellion as a way the administration is “serving” the LGBTQ community.
In an interview with NBC News, Pence confirmed reports that the feds were denying embassies’...
Embassies worldwide are defying Trump & flying the Pride flag without permission
President Donald Trump’s tweet “honoring” Pride Month came on the heels of more attacks on the LGBTQ community and was met with immediate scorn. As if to put a finer point on it, days later the administration announced that despite’s Trump’s tweet, they would not allow embassies to fly the Pride flag as ambassadors have done for years.
Trump’s state department has rejected at least four requests from embassies to fly the rainbow flag during Pride month: Brazil, Germany, Israel...
Trump admin proposes rule that would allow healthcare providers to discriminate against trans people
The Trump administration has proposed a rule that would allow that healthcare providers to discriminate against over 1.4 million transgender adults. Over 150,000 trans teens would also be affected.
The proposed change under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) could remove transgender health protections from the Affordable Care Act. It would also give medical professionals and other healthcare providers the right to refuse to treat any transgender person for any condition if they cite their religious beliefs.
Under the...
