Jan. 20 marked the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, which ushered in an era of unprecedented attacks on transgender individuals and the broader LGBTQ community at the hands of the federal government.
Within hours of taking office, Trump doubled down on his anti-LGBTQ record from his first term and proceeded to kick his legacy of homophobia and transphobia into high gear, pushing to erase transgender individuals from as many areas of life as possible. He immediately targeted gender-affirming care, trans student-athletes, trans service members, and people living with HIV/AIDS, all while erasing and distorting queer history at the Stonewall National Monument.
