{"id":2615,"date":"2018-05-12T01:04:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T01:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/12\/dnc-on-trump-pence-bureau-of-prisons-attack-on-transgender-inmates\/"},"modified":"2018-05-12T01:04:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-12T01:04:00","slug":"dnc-on-trump-pence-bureau-of-prisons-attack-on-transgender-inmates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-trump-pence-bureau-of-prisons-attack-on-transgender-inmates\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC on Trump-Pence Bureau of Prisons&#8217; Attack on Transgender Inmates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>In response to a recent&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/dominicholden\/trump-transgender-prisons-protections?utm_term%3D.cq38w65olN%23.xyy51o6vWb&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1526403878596000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE6JnSP0CLm66jUpzlCv0yeXM8o4Q\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/dominicholden\/trump-transgender-prisons-protections?utm_term=.cq38w65olN#.xyy51o6vWb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a>&nbsp;detailing the Trump-Pence administration&#39;s decision to roll back Obama-era rules allowing transgender inmates to u&#8203;s&#8203;e facilities &#8203;matching their gender identity, DNC LGBTQ Media Director Lucas Acosta issued the following statement:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Trump-Pence administration continues to turn back the clock on LGBTQ rights and has &#8203;now turned its&#8203; aim towards some of the most vulnerable among us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With this decision, transgender individuals will be at risk of increased rates of abuse, discrimination, assault, rape, and possibly even death. The Trump-Pence administration has prioritized the politics&#8203; of its base over the well-being of LGBTQ Americans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to a recent&nbsp;report&nbsp;detailing the Trump-Pence administration&#39;s decision to roll back Obama-era rules allowing transgender inmates to u&#8203;s&#8203;e facilities &#8203;matching their gender identity, DNC LGBTQ Media Director Lucas Acosta issued the following statement: &nbsp; &ldquo;The Trump-Pence administration continues to turn back the clock on LGBTQ rights and has &#8203;now turned its&#8203; aim towards some <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC on Trump-Pence Bureau of Prisons&#039; 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