Ironically, as of Nov. 9, I had never fielded more phone calls, emails and Facebook messages than since the passage of marriage equality. That’s because everyone in the LGBTQ community is concerned about the state of their rights. For those who are wondering how actively President-elect Donald J. Trump wants to pursue the rolling back of LGBTQ rights and equality—this is a first in a series of columns outlining the possible ramifications of his administration on the progress we’ve made.
The first disturbing signal came early on Nov. 9 when The New York Times reported that Trump’s first priority for America was to select a conservative nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy. Whether his intention in doing so is directly to reverse marriage equality, it will be on the chopping block regardless. Not to mention, with a vacancy on the Supreme Court and three judges who voted to legalize same-sex marriage—Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer—at the ages of 83, 80 and 78, respectively, tipping the scale toward an anti-LGBTQ Supreme Court is scarily within reach.
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