{"id":83365,"date":"2019-04-04T14:25:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T18:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/glaad-demands-trump-administration-condemn-bruneis-anti-lgbtq-stoning-law\/"},"modified":"2019-04-04T14:25:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T18:25:47","slug":"glaad-demands-trump-administration-condemn-bruneis-anti-lgbtq-stoning-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/glaad-demands-trump-administration-condemn-bruneis-anti-lgbtq-stoning-law\/","title":{"rendered":"GLAAD Demands Trump Administration Condemn Brunei\u2019s Anti-LGBTQ Stoning Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

GLAAD Demands Trump Administration Condemn Brunei\u2019s Anti-LGBTQ Stoning Law<\/b><\/p>\n

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TBT<\/a>: Trump administration launches global effort to end criminalization of homosexuality<\/em><\/p>\n

Under new law, Brunei citizens and even tourists could be stoned to death for being LGBTQ<\/em><\/p>\n

NEW YORK<\/strong> \u2013 GLAAD, the world\u2019s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today demanded that President Trump and his administration condemn the horrific new anti-LGBTQ laws implemented in Brunei<\/a>, which would allegedly hand down the punishment of death by stoning simply for being LGBTQ. The Trump Administration previously announced<\/a> in February a new worldwide effort to decriminalize being LGBTQ in all nations across the globe.<\/p>\n

“It’s\u00a0unconscionable\u00a0that the President of the\u00a0United States is silent while LGBTQ people in Brunei face death at the hands of their\u00a0government simply for being who they are,\u201d\u00a0said Zeke Stokes, Chief Programs Officer at GLAAD<\/strong>. \u201cHow can the same\u00a0administration that\u00a0announced a\u00a0global effort to decriminalize being LGBTQ remain silent in the face of this kind of violence and hate. Americans and our global community deserve a President who\u00a0will stand up for human rights here and home and around the world, and President Trump is proving time and time again that he simply will not use his voice this way.\u201d<\/p>\n

President Trump’s silence, now more than a week following initial reports, marks the 100th time the President and his administration have attacked the LGBTQ community in policy and rhetoric. GLAAD has previously joined<\/a> actors George Clooney and Ellen DeGeneres<\/a> in calling for consumers to boycott all hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei, which includes famed The Beverly Hills Hotel.<\/p>\n

President Trump has long claimed since 2016<\/a> to be a \u201creal friend\u201d to the LGBTQ community, however, his administration\u2019s actions do not follow his words. After Trump\u2019s inauguration, the Trump Administration has issued more than 99 attacks on LGBTQ Americans both in policy and in rhetoric. The full list of anti-LGBTQ actions can be found on GLAAD\u2019s Trump Accountability Project (TAP) by going to www.glaad.org\/trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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