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Trump Pride: Gay Republicans on why they're backing the president
Jason Rogers doesn't think about himself particularly politically involved. But he's voted in every presidential race since 1996.
"My first election was Clinton's second term — and I voted for him," said Rogers, a corporate lawyer in Dallas. "Since then, I've voted for Gore, George W., Obama and Romney."
On Nov. 3, he'll be pulling the lever for Donald Trump for the second time.
“I had every intention of voting for Hillary in 2016, but Comey had released his utterance the day before, giving me all sorts of doubts,” Rogers, 44, said. “I wasn't thrilled with Hillary as a nominee, and I don't belief the Clintons at all, but she acted more presidential. At the last minute, I went with Trump and have had no regrets since.”
"I don't base my vote on my organism gay. It's not a huge relate to for me."
Jason Rogers
He isn't blind to Trump's faults, but said the key issues for him this election are the economy and national security.
"Back in January, the economy was going very well. Unemployment was low. Minority unemployment was very low," he said. "And while the messaging isn't great, I don't t
No 'victim mentality' or rainbow flags: Gay Republicans rally for Trump
“It’s not just about gays and lesbians. It’s about the communities that care about equality,” Moran said. “And, again, suburban women, youth voters — these are core constituencies of the 2024 election cycle. We don’t just have to pander and run to gays.”
Still, Moran and other event organizers said they trust Trump could secure up to 50% of homosexual voters in the upcoming election, without providing figures explaining their reasoning. Millions of American adults spot as lesbian or same-sex attracted, according to Gallup.
In a Human Rights Campaign poll conducted in August, 74% of LGBTQ voters speak they plan to or are leaning toward voting for Vice President Kamala Harris, 7.5% for Trump and the remainder for third party write-ins.
Brandon Wolf, a spokesperson for the advocacy group, which has endorsed and is fundraising for Harris, denounced the Trump UNITY events and accused the former president of leading “the most anti-LGBTQ+ administration in history.”
“Some people really like proximity to power, and Donald Trump is someone who peddles power in exchange for things constantly,” Wolf said. “It’s unfortuna
In the second installment of the ACLU’s election 2024 memo series, our experts detail the threats a potential second Trump administration poses to the LGBTQ community, particularly trans person people.
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June 13, 2024In the second installment of the ACLU’s election 2024 memo series, our experts detail the threats a potential second Trump administration poses to the LGBTQ community, particularly transgender people.
This piece was published before Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to represent the Democratic Party. No significant facts have been changed or added.
Donald Trump’s administration initiated a sustained, years-long effort to erase protections for LGBTQ people. This included an effort to “define ‘transgender’ out of existence,” erode protections for transgender students and workers, and weaken access to gender-affirming health care that most transgender people already struggled to access.
While President Joe Biden’s administration reversed much of the Trump-era abuses, just last month on the campaign mark, Trump vowed to dismantle a new Biden administration policy that will give prote
The Real List of Trump’s “Unprecedented Steps” for the LGBTQ Community
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HRC lists Trump's persistent attacks against the LGBTQ community after the RNC claims he's taken "unprecedented steps" in help of the community.
HRC President Alphonso David: “The RNC is hallucinating and advancing misleading and disingenuous rhetoric. Yes, Trump has taken many ‘unprecedented’ steps, but those steps own been to undermine and eliminate rights protecting LGBTQ people, not empower us. Appointing a small handful of gay people out of thousands of nominations and making a very few -- and unfullfilled -- pledges can hardly qualify as accomplishments. Don’t gaslight us. The Trump-Pence administration is the most virulently anti-LGBTQ administration in decades -- the RNC cannot put lipstick on a pig.”
Here’s a list of attacks the Trump-Pence administration has levied against LGBTQ people:
For the complete list of Trump’s attacks on LGBTQ people, go to HRC.org/Trump.
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Gay Republicans Explain Why They Are Proudly Supporting Donald Trump
— -- Charles Moran, a queer Trump delegate from California, was standing just feet from the stage at the Republican National Convention when he heard billionaire PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel give his now-famous speech.
“Every American has a unique individuality. I am arrogant to be same-sex attracted. I am pleased to be a Republican,” Thiel told a cheering crowd at the RNC in Cleveland this past July.
Thiel made history that nighttime as the first openly gay RNC speaker, and this week he doubled down on his Donald Trump endorsement, donating $1.25 million to his campaign.
Peter Thiel: 'I'm Proud to Be Gay, I'm Satisfied to Be a Republican'Silicon Valley businessman says he doesn't believe in all of the party's platforms, but he does believe that Donald Trump is the only sincere candidate.
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Thiel sits on the board of Facebook, and so when many in the online group lashed out at him for supporting Trump, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg stepped in to defend him, writing in a post, “There are many reasons a person might support Trump that do not involve racism, sexism, xenophobia or accepting s