Once in office, however, Trump has consistently opposed LGBTQ rights - from rolling back Obama-era nondiscrimination protections to banning openly transgender service members in the military. Then Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a rainbow flag given to him by a supporter during a campaign rally at the University of Northern Colorado on Oct. At the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Trump swore 'to protect our LGBTQ citizens from the violence and oppression of a hateful foreign ideology.'Īnd two days before Election Day, he grabbed an upside-down Pride flag inscribed with 'LGBT for Trump' at a rally in Colorado and waved it around.
