Last year, the Department of Justice filed briefs to the Supreme Court saying that it’s legal to fire trans people because of their gender identity.Ī later brief from the same department argued that it was legal to fire people based on their sexual orientation.
Hate crimes reached a decade high during Trump’s presidency.
The report said the Trump administration has “repeatedly undermined important civil rights protections” through a patchwork of changes to pre-existing regulations.Īnd there are plenty more examples from the last few years of Trump’s presidency.