GLAAD catalogues LGBTQ-inclusive pages on White House and federal agency website

[Lori Dee]

GLAAD catalogues LGBTQ-inclusive pages on White House and federal agency websites
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Washington Blade - Christopher Kane
Published January 17, 2025

GLAAD has identified and catalogued LGBTQ-inclusive content or references to HIV that appear on WhiteHouse.gov and the websites for several federal government agencies, anticipating that these pages might be deleted, archived, or otherwise changed shortly after the incoming administration takes over on Monday.

The organization found a total of 54 links on WhiteHouse.gov and provided the Washington Blade with a non-exhaustive list of the "major pages" on websites for the Departments of Defense (12), Justice (three), State (12), Education (15), Health and Human Services (10), and Labor (14), along with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (10).

Just days after Trump took office in his first term, news outlets reported that LGBTQ related content had disappeared from WhiteHouse.gov and websites for multiple federal agencies.

Chad Griffin, who was then president of the Human Rights Campaign, accused the Trump-Pence administration of "systematically scrubbing the progress made for LGBTQ people from official websites," raising specific objection to the State Department's removal of an official apology for the Lavender Scare by the outgoing secretary, John Kerry, in January 2017.

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[Lori Dee]

UPDATE: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REMOVES LGBTQ AND HIV RESOURCES FROM WHITE HOUSE AND OTHER GOVERNMENT WEBSITES
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GLAAD - January 21, 2025

Today GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is breaking news that the Trump administration has eliminated nearly all LGBTQ and HIV focused content and resources from the White House website, as well as eliminated LGBTQ and HIV content from key federal agency webpages.

Mentions of "lesbian," "bisexual," "gay," "transgender," "sexual orientation," "gender identity," and related terms are no longer accessible on WhiteHouse.gov, and the search term "LGBTQ" now brings up zero results on the site. In addition, some LGBTQ-specific pages have been taken down from the Centers for Disease Control, Department of State, and more. GLAAD will continue to monitor federal agency websites in the coming days and weeks to track any LGBTQ-related webpage takedowns.

Pages removed include WhiteHouse.gov's equity report (no longer accessible), a fact sheet with information on expanding access to HIV prevention and treatment (no longer accessible), and information about LGBTQ Pride Month (no longer accessible). Agency page removals include Department of State's LGBTQ rights (no longer accessible), and Department of Labor's LGBTQ workers page (no longer accessible).

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[Sephirah]

Good. This whole thing is sheer lunacy. And a few years down the road, when Trump is playing golf or whatever, and saner minds prevail, when most folks in the US have come down off whatever high they were on, this will matter more.

Marginalising people never works out well. You'd think people would learn that, but apparently not. Keep what is there alive. And just wait for better times. They will come.