Editorial: The New York Times

• Trump's government actively discriminated against transgender people through executive orders and actions that sought to exclude this minority from nearly all aspects of American public life.
• This stance echoes the one previously taken by the Republican Party to attack civil rights and the rights of gay people during the presidencies of Nixon and Bush, respectively.
• Trump administration's attacks on transgender people came despite the Supreme Court having ruled that discrimination against transgender people is a form of sex discrimination.
• The president also sought to oust transgender soldiers from military service, despite the lack of evidence that their presence was detrimental.

Conclusion: The Trump administration has marked a worrying rollback in the protection of minority rights, in particular those of the transgender community. His divisive and discriminatory behavior reflects a lack of understanding of history and the hard-earned lessons of justice and fairness.

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