"When Trump took returned to the White House for his second term in January signed an executive order ending government backed diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) programmes as part of his wider campaign against so-called 'woke' initiatives. In the months following several government departments, offices and agencies have bowed to Trump's demands and fired employees working DEI roles and deleted countless webpages, reports and references to anything vaguely associated with the LGBTQ+ community or wider minority groups."
"This has included the FBI painting over a wall listing its core values including "diversity" and information about trans and non-binary people being stripped from the Stonewall National Monument webpage on the its National Park Service website. The sweeping purge of DEI content has also resulted in unrelated content being unintentionally removed, such as images of the famed World War II aircraft Enola Gay being flagged for deletion simply because its name includes the word gay."
The Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis referred to the queer community as "LGB+" in Pride Month threat reports, omitting the "T." The reports outline potential threats from anti-LGBTQ+ activists, possible attack locations, methods, at-risk demographics, and law enforcement prevention measures. An executive order ended government-backed DEI programs, prompting departments and agencies to remove DEI roles, webpages, and references to LGBTQ+ and minority groups. Examples include the FBI removing "diversity" from a core values wall, trans and non-binary information removed from the Stonewall page, and unintended deletions like Enola Gay images. The omission of transgender people in threat reporting raises concerns about recognition of risks facing that population.
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