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Log Cabin Republicans, a leading organization for gay conservatives, will no longer advocate for transgender people, a significant break within the LGBTQ movement as the GOP makes opposition to trans rights a political and policy priority.

Log Cabin Republicans, a leading organization for gay conservatives, will no longer advocate for transgender people, a significant break within the LGBTQ movement as the GOP makes opposition to trans rights a political and policy priority.

The influential group added support for transgender issues to its platform more than a decade ago amid growing cultural acceptance. But Log Cabin Republicans President Ross Hemminger told CNN that in recent years his members have grown increasingly uncomfortable with the focuses of the trans community, including gender-affirming care for minors and the participation of trans girls and women in sports.

  • Zedstrian@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    a significant break within the LGBTQ movement as the GOP makes opposition to trans rights a political and policy priority.

    Gay conservatives are even more of a token within the Republican Party than black conservatives; I wouldn’t call their influence ‘significant’ beyond trying to drive a wedge in the LGBTQ+ movement.