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They were gathered in the cold outside the State House, but the message Monday from lawmakers and supporters of the Maryland Legislative LGBTQ+ Caucus was directed more at the White House: “Our rights are not up for debate.”
On the first day of his second term in office, President Donald Trump (R) revoked dozens of former President Joe Biden’s (D) executive actions, including orders calling for an end to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, and limiting federal policy to two sexes, male and female, as a step toward doing away with “gender ideology extremism.”
Trump officials “are going to do everything they can to try to stop us from living our truly authentic selves, and they are going to do everything that they can to make sure that our lives can be a living hell from day to day,” said Del. Kris Fair (D-Frederick), chair of the caucus. “But in Maryland, we can make that different.”