Donald Trump and his Department of Health and Human Services are making it legal for government-funded organizations to discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community.
The rule, which was first introduced in 2019, was made official this past Thursday. “Given the careful balancing of rights, obligations, and goals in the public-private partnerships in federal grant programs, the department believes it appropriate to impose only those nondiscrimination requirements required by the Constitution and federal statutes applicable to the department’s grantee’s.” the 86 page release reads.
The new rule will replace the previous regulation that was in place that made it illegal for federal funding programs to discriminate based on sexual orientation and