EQDG Condemns Executive Orders Impacting LGBTQ+ Community

DOWNERS GROVE, IL — EQuality Downers Grove (EQDG) recently released a statement condemning Trump's executive orders that focus on transgender individuals and the LGBTQ+ community.

In the statement, EQDG writes that they condemn "President Trump's recent unlawful Exective Orders violating the civil rights of the LGBTQ+ community, particularly targeting transgender individuals."

Their statement comes after the president signed executive orders impacting transgender people, including an order to limit the federal definition of sexes to "female" and "male."

Additional orders ban the use of federal funds for youth transgender health care, prohibit transgender women from competing in sports and deny requests to update or issue passport gender markers that don't align with the aforementioned order's definition of sexes.

They wrote,

"EQuality Downers Grove strongly condemns President Trump's recent unlawful* Executive Orders violating the civil rights of the LGBTQ+ community, particularly targeting transgender individuals. These directives represent a significant regression in the fight for equality and human rights, undermining decades of progress. By maintaining federal agencies to recognize only a binary of sex, the Administration is effectively denying the existence of transgender and nonbinary individuals. Furthermore, these actions pose tangible threats to the health, safety, and well-being of these individuals by denying access to essential medical care, erasing recognition of their identities, and inciting discrimination, hatred, and violence toward the LGBTQ+ community.

* See: Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, and Section 1908 of the Public Health Service Act

We call upon all individuals and organizations committed to justice and equality to contact your elected officials at the federal and state levels to assert your opposition to these cruel and unust Executive Orders. We further urge policymakers to advocate for the protection and affirmation of LGBTQ+ rights, ensuring that all individuals, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression are treated with dignity, respect, and value."

EQDG followed the message with information for constituents to contact their representatives and congresspeople.

The post from EQDG sharing the statement had elicited a slew of comments from Facebook users both in support and against their stance. As of 2:20 p.m., it appeared comments for the post had been turned off.