If the best person for the job happens to be gay, I would certainly appoint them," he said in the interview. "Sexual orientation would be meaningless. When it came to his administration, he said he would want "the best and the brightest." There is no reason why they can't serve in the United States," he added. Gay people serve effectively in the military in a number of European countries. "'Don't ask, don't tell' has clearly failed. "If a gay person can be a doctor or a lawyer or a teacher or take another position of responsibility, why can't they serve this country in the military?" Trump said. While he was not specifically asked about transgender Americans' serving in the military, he said he would be supportive of gay people serving in the military. In 2000, when Trump publicly toyed with - and later dismissed - the idea of a presidential run that year, he was interviewed by The Advocate, an LGBT magazine. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a flag as he arrives at a campaign rally at the University of Northern Colorado, Oct. That claim appears to be based on data that does not show the total mail-in vote and does not reflect the total early vote either, something acknowledged. Former President Trump says 74,000 mail-in ballots were received that were never mailed, he said. On the Agenda: feminism, race, writing, art, pop culture, food, and, of course, politics. It’s writer Roxane Gay in conversation with guests who have something necessary to say about the issues that matter most to herand hopefully to you as well.
"Thank you to the LGBT community! I will fight for you while Hillary brings in more people that will threaten your freedoms and beliefs," he wrote in a June 14, 2016, tweet. Baier then walked through and debunked each of Trump’s claims from the statement. The Roxane Gay Agenda is the bad feminist podcast of your dreams. He mentioned how his policies would help the LGBT community, connecting their protections to the fight against ISIS and terrorism, arguing that he would be more forceful on the issue than his opponent Hillary Clinton. Reaction to Orlando shootingĪfter 49 people were killed at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016, Trump said that it was an example of how his more targeted immigration policies against Muslims would help protect the LGBT community. In April the Department of Justice dropped a lawsuit filed against North Carolina by the Obama administration, saying the state's legislature had replaced the original law. 22, 2017, saying the Obama-era directive led to confusion and lawsuits over enforcement. The reversal was announced in a letter to schools from the Justice and Education departments on Feb. Those comments came during an April 21, 2016, appearance on NBC's "Today," during which he also said Caitlyn Jenner could use any bathroom she wanted if she visited Trump Tower in New York.ĭespite Trump's earlier comments, his administration rescinded a guidance issued to schools by the Obama administration to allow students to use bathrooms that match their gender identity rather than the sex indicated on their birth certificate. DOJ tells White House: Attorney General Jeff Sessions has no plans to resign