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Trump’s gay Treasury Secretary should denounce anti-trans attacks

The U. Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, becomes bessent first openly gay, Senate-confirmed Republican Cabinet member. Trump, bessent, has already banned Pride flags at U. Then on Monday, he issued an executive order banning transgender service members, a move that would impact more than 15, brave trans people serving in the military.

So far, Bessent is silent on those attacks. Trump likes his queer people gay, white, gay, rich, and obedient. Kelley J. We have entered a dangerous time that will require many of us to make decisions about how to respond to these attacks, not just on trans people, but immigrants who are already being arrested and deported in cities across the country.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is making plans for how the city will operate in the event he is arrested and jailed for refusing to cooperate with these immigrant raids. Will Bessent find his backbone and work to convince his boss that the anti-trans hysteria must end? Does he have a trans person in his life who might inform his views?

Trans people are human beings, fellow Americans, and family and friends and they deserve respect from their government. We must look to the example of Mayor Scott and others who are refusing to capitulate to this madness. I hope Scott Bessent finds his voice and advocates for a more compassionate approach to trans humanity. Kevin Naff is editor of the Washington Blade.

Reach him at [email protected]. Donald Trump has held the presidency for less than six months in But already, trans people have been defaced, demoralized, and fatigued. On June 18, the Supreme Court upheld a ban on gender affirming care for trans youth in nearly half gay U. This ensures that trans youth bessent not have access to hormone blockers that prevent them from becoming their hated gender.

The Trump administration has also ensured that Medicaid can no longer provide subsidized and insurance-covered care to trans adults. Even progressive minded institutions like Yale my alma mater and Harvard have stripped themselves of DEI. Recently, a tourist was stripped of his U. ICE is raiding more and more immigrant families—immigrants who provide critical labor to our U.

Immigrant children are forced to stand testimony and defend themselves—without a lawyer—in court. The United States, in other words, is becoming more and more like a fascist state. In a past article I wrote for the Blade, I stated that not enough trans people are scared in the U.

Gay countries, including European countries, are quickly warning their trans citizens against traveling to the U.