During his first term (2016-2020) and now in his current term, President Trump has systematically targeted LGBTQI+ people through federal policy—rolling back healthcare protections, erasing transgender (trans) identities, and enabling discrimination across nearly every area of public life. These actions were not isolated or symbolic; they were part of a deliberate strategy to delegitimize queer and trans existence. Check out this brief by Preston D. Mitchum, Senior Fellow at rePROs Fight Back.