Since the 2016 election results started to become clear, anxiety and fear has grown within the country’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. The Obama administration, while not perfect, made significant strides in fighting for LGBT equality. Critically, the threat of President Obama’s veto pen stood as a bulwark against anti-LGBT federal legislation.
Since the election and the changing of the administration, opponents of LGBT rights have projected confidence about enacting legislation to permit anti-LGBT discrimination as a matter of federal law. Media reports have signaled that one particular piece of anti-LGBT legislation, the so-called First Amendment Defense Act (FADA), is a priority of key congressional leaders and the administration.
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