This week has been awash in news surrounding the invasion of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump, who used Twitter to tell them when to gather, as well as the fallout. Civilians and law enforcement have died from their involvement, and the U.S. House of Representatives is primed to launch another impeachment. Many are also pushing Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, which would remove Trump immediately from office — others, like Lady Gaga, are not a fan of this option. But while this has rightfully been getting a majority of the headlines — as well as Trump's ongoing deplatforming by major social media networks — the Trump administration has been pushing forward its assault on LGBTQ+ rights and protections.

First introduced in November 2019, Trump's Department of Health and Human Services has put in place a new rule that will allow government-funded faith-based organizations to discriminate against LGBTQ+ folks as well as others. The rule could have implications for many communities by, in short, rolling back a 2016 Obama-era regulation.

The HHS went public with the rule change on Thursday that erases Obama regulation that made each organization that received a grant from the department "treat as valid the marriages of same-sex couples."

“Given the careful balancing of rights, obligations, and goals in the public-private partnerships in federal grant programs, the department believes it appropriate to impose only those nondiscrimination requirements required by the Constitution and federal statutes applicable to the department’s grantees,” the federal rule says. It has not been made clear yet that LGBTQ+ discrimination is protected by those statutes. Read more via Out