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According to the New York Times DeVos is disagreeing with his draft order that would roll back protections for transgender students: Ms. DeVos initially resisted signing off on the order and told President Trump that she was uncomfortable with it, according to three Republicans with direct knowledge of the internal discussions. The draft order would reverse the directives put in place last year by the Obama administration to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms of their choice.
Per the Times, DeVos has ended up agreeing to go along with the order, but only because Trump sided with Sessions and DeVos was “faced with the choice of resigning or defying the president.” She has also inserted language saying that schools must protect transgender students from bullying, which the newspaper said was due to her concerns about the high rates of suicide among transgender teens.
According to the New York Times DeVos is disagreeing with his draft order that would roll back protections for transgender students: Ms. DeVos initially resisted signing off on the order and told President Trump that she was uncomfortable with it, according to three Republicans with direct knowledge of the internal discussions. The draft order would reverse the directives put in place last year by the Obama administration to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms of their choice.
Per the Times, DeVos has ended up agreeing to go along with the order, but only because Trump sided with Sessions and DeVos was “faced with the choice of resigning or defying the president.” She has also inserted language saying that schools must protect transgender students from bullying, which the newspaper said was due to her concerns about the high rates of suicide among transgender teens.
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Originally Posted by PedroMartinez
So, now she's no longer the devil? Lol
Her stance on Public vs Private schools is still troubling. I liken her to a Libertarian. There are issues I can agree with them on, we might even share the same belief, but we disagree on protections.
Doesn't matter, Trump is all in for making life harder for LGBT, that's why he picked Sessions. All I can say is:
LGBT are welcome in Washington State, bring your skills.
DeVos probably feels the same as Sessions but didn't want to be public about it since she's already unpopular.
She is already in, so there is no need to pretend as you speculate.
As to the overall issue, there is no rolling back "protections", as that EO should never have been issued in the first place.
Trannys have been using public bathrooms for as long as they have been around. There is no special need to say they should be given special privileges. Thus if a mistake was made by a ideological and political motivation, it should be repealed.
Frankly, Trump seems pretty moderate on the whole homosexual issue front. While he will not go out of his way to pander to them, nor will he look to harm their "rights". If they are American citizens, they should be treated equally, without regard to their sexual behavior. The same is true of not receiving special treatment because of their sexual behavior.
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