Among President Donald Trump’s first executive orders issued this week, several rescinded Biden administration orders that were designed to protect members of the LGBTQ+ community.
One involved was the former president’s Executive Order 14075, which allowed access to gender-affirming care and banned conversion therapy. It also offered a safer environment for LGBTQ+ youth in schools and elsewhere.
The policy change concerns CeCe Cox, CEO of the non-profit Resource Center Dallas, which has served the LGBTQ+ community for decades.
“The administration is prioritizing discrimination against the LGBTQ-IA-Plus community,” Cox said. “We are concerned about that for people's physical and mental health and well-being.”
In another Trump executive order reversing a Biden policy from 2021, transgender individuals can no longer serve openly in the U.S. military.
Cox said that too will hurt LGBTQ+ individuals.
“It will now be okay to discriminate against transgender individuals,” she said.
Bill Zeeble is KERA’s education reporter. Got a tip? Email Bill at bzeeble@kera.org. You can follow him on X @bzeeble.
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