Supreme Court Battle Over LGBT Rights Collide With World Mental Health Day

LGBTQ+ people around the US must sit and wait to see if the Supreme Court will legalize discrimination against us.

The Trump Administration has challenged the entire LGBTQ+ community by bringing their rights and protections into contest in the nations highest court. On the heels of a seemingly endless barrage of attacks on the LGBTQ+ community, especially transgender folks, the Supreme Court ruling will decide if the community, already subject to disproportionate acts of violence, can now be legally fired from jobs, evicted from their apartments, denied access to public places and services based upon their sexual preference or gender identity.

This is part of a longstanding agenda by the Trump administration to elevate Religious rights above the human and civil rights of LGBTQ identifying Americans. So far, we’ve seen the founding of the Health and Human Resources Division of Religious Freedom and Moral Conscience, a new government branch which is designed to protect religious people, especially medical caregivers, who refuse to treat ill or injured LGBTQ individuals based on their religious or moral convictions.

According to the official White House Website, The Trump Administration has placed a heavy priority on Religious protections- instead of protecting Americans…