Trump administration sued for release of documents on anti-LGBT actions
Source: LGBTQ Nation
By Jeff Taylor · Friday, March 2, 2018
People For the American Way (PFAW) has filed suit against the Trump administration to demand the release of documents over its anti-LGBTQ policies and actions.
PFAW filed the suit yesterday, in federal court, against both the Department of Justice and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after previous attempts to gain information through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests went ignored.
Right Wing Watch, a project of PFAW, made FOIA requests last year with both the DOJ and HUD, requesting documents related to actions removing mentions of LGBTQ people from federal programs.
The actions were being done without public notice, leading to questions regarding what agencies and officials were directing the moves, why it was being done, the scope of the decisions being made, and why it was all being done with secrecy.
Read more: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/03/trump-administration-sued-release-documents-anti-lgbt-actions/