Log Cabin Republicans, the conservative gay rights group, announced it will be known as an “LGB” advocacy organization going forward, dropping the “T” and distancing itself from the transgender rights movement. Ahead of the group’s 50th anniversary, the organization’s board of directors voted to ditch the “T” from the umbrella of its mission due to the “new era of gender identity politics,” Log Cabin Republicans president Ross Hemminger wrote in an op-ed published Thursday. The move aligns with the rollback of transgender rights since President Donald Trump returned to office.
In the op-ed, Hemminger said that the transgender movement “has ceased focusing on adults” and is instead focusing on minors, echoing Trump’s rhetoric. Hemminger’s comments were described as “untrue and inflammatory” by the LGBTQ Nation publication, and accused him of “fear-mongering about ‘gender ideology’ in schools.” Log Cabin Republicans, which describes itself as an “inclusive community” also faced criticism from the Human Rights Campaign. During his State of the Union address in February, Trump used a teenager’s story to call for a ban on states and schools allowing transgender and nonbinary students to socially transition without parental consent, in what civil rights groups have called “forced outing” that endangers vulnerable children.
Trump has taken a particularly hard line since returning to office in 2025, casting the gender identity of transgender people as a lie and issuing multiple executive orders limiting their rights. One Trump directive stated that the U.S. government will recognize only two sexes, male and female. Another sought to exclude transgender athletes from female sports.
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