Trans women can be denied shelter access, directive says

The U.S. Housing and Urban Development Agency (HUD) is to suspend the implementation of rules prohibiting LGBTQ+ discrimination in federally funded programs, effectively suspending trans people accessing critical services .

A few days after it existed Confirmed As HUD Secretary, Scott Turner has issued an order halting pending or future enforcement actions related to departmental regulations dating back to 2016.

The regulations were expansion of 2012 Equal Access Rules Prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and marriage status situation requires that the Core HUD program provisions “open to all eligible individuals and families.”

Housing programs, shelters and other HUD funders serve Americans based on their birth gender, and President Donald Trump declared that the official US policy is “only two genders.” It reflects the executive order.

Announce the changes, Former Buffalo Bills and San Diego Chargers star Turner said the 2016 rules tied the department’s programs to what he called the left-gender ideology.

“We are running the mission raised at this agency when President Trump signed an executive order to restore biological truth to the federal government,” Turner said. “This means realizing that there are only two genders, male and female, so that when he creates man with his image, he will not get in the way of what the Lord has established from the beginning. It means to do.

Furthermore, this is the first of many examples of how HUD is back to work for Americans and is a good manager for taxpayers.

“As I said before, we take stock of HUD’s programs and ensure that every dollar that comes out the door advances the mission of HUD. We promote economic investment and all America We build a stronger community and a brighter future for people.”

Since returning to the White House, Trump has signed many anti-LGBTQ+ executive orders, often explicitly aiming for the trans community.

These include prohibiting transgender people from serving the military and banning restricting the health care of trans women for trans people under the age of 19. force.

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