Trumpworld rallied around the long-shot California gubernatorial bid of Republican Caitlyn Jenner, arguably the highest-profile trans woman in the world, and nationwide, conservative legislatures have all but killed the bathroom bills that would require trans adults to use the bathrooms that align with their biological sex.īut that is no longer enough for the loudest activists on the left.Įven if you are a Republican who supports the state issuing gay marriages, refers to Jenner as 'she' and 'her,' and has no problem with what people wish to do in their own bedrooms, intersectional activists without a shred of irony still will consider you anti-LGBT for supporting the Florida bill mandating that taxpayer-funded schools wait until students turn 10 and reach the fourth grade before they learn about gender identity. His appointment of Ric Grenell as acting director of national intelligence marked the first time an out gay man occupied a Cabinet-level position in the country's history, and Grenell went on to spearhead the White House's campaign to decriminalize homosexuality around the planet.
Within the decade, Donald Trump, a Republican, would become the first president to enter office openly supporting marriage equality as settled law.
