Anonymous wrote:Don't be a fucking idiot. Trump has appointed notirious homophobes to his transition team already, in addition to the homophobe Pence, and his promises to appoint super conservative judges. This means that the executive, legislative, and judicial advances that protect gay people from discrimination at work, protect their marriages and rights to adopt children, and protect them against hate crimes, could all be rolled back.

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Anonymous wrote:What has he said he'll do that makes them fearful? Has he said he wants to make gay marriage illegal? I don't want to hear that it's about Mike Pence because I've been hearing Trump is a threat to homosexuals far longer than when he chose Pence as his VP.

My 9th grader said the gay, bi and pansexual kids at school have said they think he'll line them up and kill them all, but clearly that's outrageous. Still disturbing to hear that kind of fearmongering.

Op you can't be serious. "Pansexual" kids in your dc's school. These poor kids are what-- 14?

Anonymous wrote:While there might be some evangelical holdouts, I don't think most Americans, Republican or otherwise, are anti-gay.

They almost all have gays somewhere in their extended family that they know personally. And parents who really didn't like the gay thing because secretly they were hoping for grand kids have their concerns allayed because of the possibility LGTB now have of marrying and having kids through adoption, paid birth mothers, or simply natural births if female. With the transgender bathroom thing they just want common sense to prevail and not have regulations forcing them into what they view as weird situations.

Anonymous wrote:I sat next to a table of 4 gay men the other night. Our tables were close, so I could hear their conversation.
They were very excited about a Trump presidency. And, they were excited because these men want the same things that straight people want - jobs, a growing economy, and security at home. They believe he will work to make this happen.

Here is a newsflash - LBGTQ folks want the same things as straight folks.

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Anonymous wrote:They are worried about President Pence when Trump gets bored/overwhelmed/impeached and steps down.

Well, which is it pp? Bored? Overwhelmed? Impeached?
Seems to me that you all just don’t want to face the reality that Trump has been elected.
He will serve well.
And, I agree with another poster who said considering the record people have here for predicting outcomes, I am thinking the opposite will be true.
He will not only serve out his term, but will be elected to a second term!!!

Anonymous wrote:His VP-elect, Pence, is notorious for his conversion programs for LGBT teens, many of whom committed suicide during the course of the program.

Anonymous wrote:All of you realize that HRC did not support support marriage equality until 2013, right?

In 2000 she stated, "Marriage has got historic, religious and moral content that goes back to the beginning of time and I think a marriage is as a marriage has always been, between a man and a woman."

In 2003 she said, "marriage has a meaning that ... I think should be kept as it historically has been, but I see no reason whatsoever why people in committed relationships can't have ... many of the same rights and the same ... respect for their unions that they are seeking. And I would like to see that be more accepted than it is. ... I also think that we can realize the same results for many committed couples by urging that states and localities adopt civil union and domestic partnership laws."

By the Left's rules, all LGBTQ activists should be against Hillary Clinton. However, it would be ridiculous to base one's decision on these two comments. These are issues that evolve. I am confident the majority of our population will become more knowledgeable of LGBTQ issues and more tolerant.

Anonymous wrote:They are worried about President Pence when Trump gets bored/overwhelmed/impeached and steps down.