A pro-Trump LGTQ group is making stops in battleground states to show Former President Trump’s support for the community while some advocacy groups are concerned about his policies.
Charles Moran, President of Log Cabin Republicans has been on tour with Team Unity. The group stopped in Charlotte NC for a rally Tuesday.
“He really changed the trajectory of the Republican party, away from exclusion and more towards inclusion,” Moran said.
Moran says Log Cabin is the largest and oldest LGBT Republican group which started in the Ronald Regan era. Moran says he supports gay rights with guard rails.
“Protecting women’s spaces, preserving women’s sports, and title nine parental consent at every level, and no permanent gender transition under the age of 18,” Moran said. “I don’t call this moderate or centrist. I call this common sense if you listen to what Donald Trump is saying, he fits that exactly.”
Some people in the community are concerned about Project 2025, a conservative playbook written by the Heritage Foundation that could eliminate federal agencies that support LGBTQ rights. Trump has repeatedly denied his affiliation with Project 2025, but advocates like Eliazar Posada from Equality NC say that’s not enough.
“He’s been using the rhetoric that’s in Project 2025, every day in his rallies,” Posada said. “We know he’s demonizing queer and trans folks. We know he’s pursuing the same policies that are in this book. So it’s not enough.”
Posada encourages voters to research and review each candidates action in the LGBTQ community because he says rights are on the ballot.
“Healthcare for our trans and queer communities on the line, we know that protections for marriage and queer folks wanting to be parents is on the line. We know that, just the immense rhetoric that’s being used that is extremely harmful and is a big part of what this [Project 2025] plan is.”
Moran says he believes the LGBT community is safe under Trump’s leadership.
“There’s going to be no attempt to claw back gay marriage, there’s going to be a respect for their families and for their rights,” Moran said. “So, when you when you set the table there, you can engage on those other issues.”
