Trump promised to protect LGBTQ people. But he hasn’t even recognized Pride Month.Nearly one y

Trump promised to protect LGBTQ people. But he hasn’t even recognized Pride Month.Nearly one year ago, a man walked into a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and killed 49 people — the worst mass shooting in US history. The brutal attack took place during Pride Month, when LGBTQ communities come together in solidarity to celebrate and show the world that it’s okay to be queer.This year, the Pulse shooting hangs in the thoughts of all Pride celebrations. It’s a now-jarring fact of American history that the worst mass shooting ever targeted LGBTQ people. It has made this Pride Month all the more important — a chance to reflect on what that horrifying shooting nearly a year ago means for the movement.Yet over at the White House, as far as the Trump administration is concerned, June isn’t Pride Month (although it is National Homeowners Month). Even as events last year showed how necessary Pride still is, the Trump administration has eschewed a tradition started by President Bill Clinton and upheld by President Barack Obama (although not President George W. Bush), and has failed to proclaim June as Pride Month.This lack of action comes despite Trump’s promises on the campaign trail that he will protect “L, G, B, T … Q” people, even posing with the rainbow flag to signal that he’s a different kind of Republican on these issues. Many people in LGBTQ communities were skeptical of his promises, but they were commitments that Trump made.By forgoing something as simple as declaring June as Pride Month, Trump has shown how unserious he was about his promises. Orlando demonstrated to the movement and others why celebrating Pride each year was still necessary: Despite all the legal and cultural progress in the past few years, someone still felt emboldened enough to launch a horrific attack in an LGBTQ space. By failing to recognize Pride Month even as the anniversary of such an attack approaches, Trump has offered yet another reminder about the progress left to be made. -- source link
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