Hollywood is outraged over Attorney General Jeff Sessions announcement that the DOJ has rolled back protections for the LGBTQ community in the name of "religious freedom."
Sessions wrote a memo Friday instructing federal agencies and attorneys to protect religious freedom, in terms that many fear will give employers a "license to discriminate" against LGBTQ people if they have a "moral" or "religious" objection to their sexual orientation. This comes a day after Sessions reversed an Obama policy and declared sex discrimination "does not encompass discrimination based on gender identity, per se, including transgender status."
"Trump administration's latest in a string of attacks on trans people: trans students, trans service members, & now employment protections for trans workers. This systematic gutting of non-discrimination protections for trans people is a disgrace! @jeffsessions @realDonaldTrump," Caitlyn Jenner tweeted.
See what Hollywood what some in Hollywood and beyond are saying Twitter:
This Administration has proved it will do anything possible to categorize LGBTQ Americans as second-class citizens. https://t.co/6jDXmecaOi
@sarahkateellis
.@jeffsessions removing protections from working trans men and women to not be discriminated against is a disgrace.
@ChrisCrocker
Even though our LGBT and especially our Trans brothers & sisters are more likely than anyone to be sexually assaulted in college.
@PattyArquette
Trump administration's latest in a string of attacks on trans people: trans students, trans service members, & now employment protections for trans workers. This systematic gutting of non-discrimination protections for trans people is a disgrace! @jeffsessions @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/gVOoRk39fQ
@Caitlyn_Jenner
Americans can be legally fired for being trans. We are going backwards in time. https://t.co/rOzY5emX7o
@mileskahn
Any day we move toward defending or legalizing discrimination is a dark day indeed. #TransRightsAreHumanRights https://t.co/YM71PgMOq8
@ChelseaClinton
To my trans siblings: Ur part of my family. I will fight w/ u ✊️💜 I am sorry for today AND it's not over https://t.co/tBSShuZJNd
@cameronesposito
You should read the justification Sessions offers for enabling more discrimination. Heartless and cowardly. https://t.co/wNAERIt2J3
@JamilSmith
"trans people don't deserve rights because thinking about people different than me makes me feel icky"
@upandoutcomic
~jeff sessions, probably
Any chance Jeff Sessions gets to thwart progress on LGBT rights, he will take. Via @actdottv pic.twitter.com/dfC0hZU94w
@GeorgeTakei
Dear Transgender Friends,
@johnpavlovitz
I'm so sorry for the assholes leading this country right now.
You are loved, seen, valued.
I am for you.
DOJ turns away from: LGBT rights, voter protection, criminal justice reform. Legally wrong and morally shameful. https://t.co/7wHaVPNXzs
@EricHolder
Dear @IvankaTrump -I was just thinking abt that day you tweeted about being proud to stand with our LGBTQ community- https://t.co/cDK7gLC5rG
@SRuhle
AG Sessions is rolling back years of progress on transgender rights. Once again, he puts the Justice Dept on the side of discrimination. https://t.co/EHUAdqi9X3
@RepAdamSchiff
Day by day, week by week, protections & rights of marginalized communities and women are being taken away. #resist https://t.co/MJyuJ9Ccl7
@Amy_Siskind
Appalling assault on Title VII protections for trans workers. Trump admin will stop at nothing to drag us backwards. https://t.co/xf2QQpRcDr
@ChadHGriffin
I have no words. No words. 🤬😔😐😑 https://t.co/XotMcATe0O
@ParkerMolloy
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