IT’S AN ALL-OUT ATTACK ON LGBTQIA+ RIGHTS & GENDER IDENTITY

GENDER IS WEAPONIZED AS AN AUTOCRAT’S TOOL TO DIVIDE COMMUNITIES & POLARIZE SOCIETY

Project 2025’s proposals at-a-glance:

❖ Removes all civil protections and rights for LGBTQIA+ in all federal rules and regulations.

❖ Paints LGBTQIA+ people as unnatural, dangerous, and a threat to “normal” families.

❖ Criminalizes transgender and nonbinary identity, equating it with pornography – a crime.

❖ Asserts that sex is only binary, so transgender or binary or fluid gender identity is unacceptable.

❖ States that “Families comprised of a married mother, father, and their children are the foundation of a

well-ordered nation and healthy society.” (pg. 451)

❖ Forbids gender-affirming care for teenagers or adults.

❖ Forbids the changing of names, pronouns, and ID cards to match one’s gender.

❖ Would criminalize providers of gender-affirming surgery and care for dysphoria.

❖ Calls for criminalizing teachers or librarians deemed as promoting LGBTQIA+ books or issues.

❖ Allows faith-based agencies to refuse adoptions for LGBTQIA+ families. (pg. 478)

❖ Supports court rulings that allow anti-LGBTQIA+ discrimination on religious grounds. (pg. 560)

❖ Allows workplace discrimination on the grounds of religious exemptions. (pg. 585)

❖ Restricts the application of “Sex Discrimination” protections. (pg. 584)

❖ Bans anyone who is HIV positive or has gender dysphoria from the Armed Forces.

❖ Would ban US aid to any group providing services to LGBTQIA+.

(See “What Does Project 2025 Say about Sex and Gender?”)

What’s the result? If Project 2025 is enacted, LGBTQIA+ lives and civil rights will be deeply restricted, with less recourse to fight discrimination in all areas of public life… the possible backlash list is long. LGBTQIA+ lives will be in danger, and they may go underground. LGBTQIA+ visibility will decrease, and so will public awareness of their lives and experiences. Project 2025 reflects a profoundly dangerous attack on LGBTQIA+ people.