The author forgot to mention a few things. The first thing this (so-called) administration did was remove the LGBT section from the White House website. A little foreboding, no? And the legal brief that they supplied that said that the Civil Rights Act doesn’t apply to LGBT Americans, that was for a case that they weren’t even a party to. So the Trump administration went out of their way to make it clear to all Americans that they don’t support gay rights. As for transgender Americans serving in the military, Trump lied when he explained why he wants this ban: having transgender people serve is too expensive, and we need to be ready to win. We now know that is a bald-faced lie. The military spends 10-times as much money on erectile dysfunction drugs; and there are currently (approx) 15,000 trans military people currently serving... without issue. So both of Trump’s excuses don’t hold water. This is simply Trump pandering to his religious base. Pathetic.