Trump’s Efforts to Censor the ‘T’ from ‘LGBT’ Can’t Remove Trans People from Our Community

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s censorship of transgender-inclusive and other LGBTQI+ resources across the federal government:

“Trump’s censorship of information about trans people and other resources for LGBTQI+ people is just the latest part of his crusade to undermine the health, wellbeing, and civil rights of transgender people, as well as LGBTQI+ people and minorities more broadly,” said Rep. Mark Takano, Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus. “The Trump Administration is weaponizing the federal government against the transgender community and minorities—just like Project 2025’s plan told him to. Trump’s efforts to censor the ‘T’ from ‘LGBT,’ however, can’t remove trans people from our community, and won’t divide us. We must stand united against this hate. Republicans in Congress who are silent on Trump’s gross abuses of federal power to target minorities are complicit in the damage and pain his attacks are causing Americans.”