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Trump Supreme Court Prospects Put LGBTQ Americans in Jeopardy<\/b><\/p>\n

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In just one week, LGBTQ Americans have seen the new Trump administration hire<\/a> the top defender for North Carolina\u2019s HB2 to head up the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. All references and issues<\/a> important to the LGBTQ community have been left off key Trump Administration websites, including the White House and Department of Education. Finally, President Trump\u2019s top spokesperson said, \u201che didn\u2019t know<\/a>\u201d if the president would issue executive orders to peel back important rights for LGBTQ Americans.<\/p>\n

But wait, there\u2019s more to come. President Donald Trump has said that next Thursday he will make his U.S. Supreme Court nomination announcement. This is the same Supreme Court vacancy anti-LGBTQ Congressional leaders declined to fill during the last year of President Obama\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n

President Trump has already hinted at which judges made the final cut and his apparent finalists are a clear and present danger to the LGBTQ community. These men<\/a> either have a history of advocating for anti-LGBTQ rhetoric or supporting candidates that are in favor of open discrimination against people and families who simply want to be treated the same as everyone else.<\/p>\n

From William Pryor\u2019s unwillingness to be around LGBTQ families on a Disney vacation to Neil Gorsuch\u2019s opinion that judges should always \u201cfocus backward\u201d when issuing their opinions, each potential nominee would be poised to adhere to the anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and record quickly becoming a hallmark of this Trump Administration.<\/p>\n

GLAAD’s Trump Accountability Project<\/a> is tracking the records of the likely nominees to ensure journalists and newsmakers have the tools they need to report the truth. Here\u2019s what we know.
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Neil Gorsuch \u2013 Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit<\/em><\/p>\n