On January 30 , 2017 , Donald Trump and the White House stated that they would keep in place a 2014 executive order from the Obama administration which created federal workplace protections for LGBT people , with the White House released a statement saying that the President was " respectful and supportive of LGBTQ rights " and noted that he was the first Republican nominee to raise the issue in his acceptance speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention . However , in March 2017 , the Trump administration rolled back key components of the Obama administration 's workplace protections for LGBT people . The Trump administration rescinded requirements that federal contractors prove that they are complying with the LGBT workplace protections , which makes it difficult to tell if a contractor had refrained from discriminatory practices against LGBT individuals . LGBT advocates have argued that this is a signal that the Trump administration would not enforce workplace violations against LGBT people
2016 Republican National Convention
2016 Republican National Convention
Social policy of Donald Trump