California Legislative LGBT Caucus Chair’s Statement on Trump’s Ban on Transgender People Serving in the Military

July 26, 2017

SACRAMENTO- Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley), Chair of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military.  

“Donald Trump’s bogus budgetary excuse is an attempt to legitimize discrimination against transgender people who put their lives on the line for our country,” said Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley), Chair of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus. “To those of you who feel attacked by the Trump Administration’s hateful policies and rhetoric, the California Legislative LGBT Caucus wants you to know that we have your back and we will never stop defending your right to be your true self.”