Trump said he would be a ‘real friend’ to LGBT Americans. Here’s what he’s doing instead.

Erwin Chemerinsky writes for The Sacramento Bee, Aug. 2, 2017

The same man who declared, “I will fight for you,” now is going out of his way to undermine the rights of LGBT individuals. On July 26, President Donald Trump tweeted that transgender individuals would not be allowed to serve in the military. If this becomes policy, it will reverse Barack Obama’s decision from a year earlier.