WASHINGTON, D.C. – Within minutes of Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday, his administration has removed all mention of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from the White House Web site, and selected LGBT-related documents have disappeared from the Department of Labor website. The Office of National AIDS Policy appears to have been closed, and its web page has been disabled. In response, Rachel B. Tiven, CEO of Lambda Legal, the nation’s oldest and largest LGBT nonprofit organization, released the following statement:
“We won’t go back. We won’t go back in the closet, won’t disappear, won’t be silenced. Donald Trump has already nominated a startlingly antigay cabinet, and erasing us from the White House website signals how he truly feels about LGBT people and everyone living with HIV.
“Donald Trump is already sending a clear signal that he has no intention of serving as the president of all Americans. He should know that Lambda Legal is watching the administration’s every move, and will fight him at every turn. To LGBT people and everyone living with HIV, we are your lawyers and we’re here to defend you.”
