“This budget is more than cuts on a page—it’s a direct attack on LGBTQ+ lives. Trump is taking away life-saving healthcare, support for LGBTQ-owned businesses, protections against hate crimes, and even housing help for people living with HIV. Stripping away more than $2 billion in support sends one clear message: we don’t matter. But we’ve fought back before, and we’ll do it again—we’re not going anywhere.”

— Matthew Rose, Senior Public Policy Advocate, HRC

KEY THREATS BY DEPARTMENT

Health and Human Services

• Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Restructuring
  • Eliminates $74 million for education and training components of the Ryan White program
  • Maintains core healthcare services but removes education and outreach elements critical for prevention
• CDC Program Consolidation
  • Eliminates standalone funding for STI prevention, viral hepatitis, and HIV programs
  • Consolidates multiple programs into a single $300 million grant program
  • Removes explicit mandates for LGBTQ+ health priorities
• SAMHSA Eliminations
  • Eliminates "harm reduction" programs that serve vulnerable LGBTQ+ populations
  • Removes targeted mental health programs historically accessible to LGBTQ+ youth
• NIH Research Restrictions
  • Specifically eliminates research on "radical gender ideology"
  • Removes $534 million from the National Institute on Minority Health Disparities
  • Eliminates research that has advanced transgender healthcare
• AHRQ Funding Cuts
  • Explicitly terminates funding for gender-affirming care research
  • Such as Seattle Children's Hospital titled "Using Telehealth to Improve Access to Gender-Affirming Care for BIPOC and Rural Gender-Diverse Youth" which is directly named in the budget document.

Housing and Urban Development

• Housing Program Restructuring
  • Consolidates Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) into the Emergency Solutions Grant, which would seemingly eliminate the program that addresses one of the most requested needs of people living with HIV
  • Imposes a two-year maximum on rental assistance that would disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ individuals who face housing discrimination

Department of Justice

• Grant Program Eliminations
  • Eliminates nearly 40 DOJ grant programs including those addressing hate crimes
  • Specifically removes funding for "investigation of anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime reporting"
  • Prohibits Violence Against Women Act funds from serving transgender women

Small Business Administration

• Program Consolidation
  • Eliminates 15 specialized programs including those that provided LGBTQ+ business support
  • Specifically targets programs that offered "Six Ways to Support LGBTQIA-Owned Businesses"
  • Ends resources based on identity factors

Education

• Office for Civil Rights Reductions
  • Cuts OCR funding by 35% ($49 million reduction)
  • Explicitly redirects mission away from "Title IX transgender cases"
  • Removes ability to "promote radical transgender ideology"