Gay marriage under trump

Would the president admit to either? Clymer believes it was simple politics. InThe New York Times, considering his candidacy, concluded that Trump was simply a more gay-friendly option among the GOP presidential candidates that year, noting that he supported trans people using public restrooms and was rumored to be the first private club owner in Palm Beach, Florida, to welcome a gay couple.

Before that time, Trump expressed indifference, or even support for transgender people. And in the end, does it matter? His past statements and behavior raise serious questions about the sincerity of his anti-trans animus now.

And by all accounts, his past seemed to suggest he meant it. But how endangered is gay marriage under Trump? By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. This story was originally reported by Kate Sosin of The 19th.

2024 Update Now that : But has he ever shown such support?

Gay marriage activists and their allies take comfort in the high support that gay marriage enjoys among the American public. The former reality TV star had made promises. Or are they an unfortunate tool to curry favor with diehard conservatives?

Now the Supreme Court is being asked to overturn the right to same-sex marriage. Trans people, she said, are a tool Trump uses to rile GOP hardliners. Induring his short-lived bid for the Reform Party's presidential nomination, Trump touted to The Advocate that his New York upbringing instilled in him a kind of tolerance.

The real estate mogul had branded himself as agnostic on social issues if not liberal. Does he truly want to erase transgender people from public life? He vowed to protect them. President Donald Trump has opposed and supported marriage equality.

Charlotte Clymer, a transgender writer and activist, said she remembers that the community was wary of Trump as a Republican before he took office in All of that is a far cry from the Trump of today, who has made the eradication of transgender people from public life a hallmark of his second administration.

It was fully repealed in According to The New York TimesTrump had noted that there had been very few problems to precipitate the ban. CNN also noted that Trump ended a ban on trans participation in his own pageants and cited Olympic rules, which allow transgender women to compete.

Even as Trump had started to take a harder line against same-sex marriage byhe was still quoted in the press saying that former Olympian turned reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner could use. He knew the transgender contestants in his beauty pageants and was friends with Jenner before taking office.

Meet Kate and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. As recently asTrump repeatedly stated that transgender people should use whatever bathrooms they felt were appropriate. It would be straightforward.

He had no problem hiring gay people, he said.

Trump is part of that 30 percent. And I heard — one of the best answers I heard was from a commentator yesterday saying, leave it the way it is, right now.