Log Cabin Republicans drops ‘T’ from advocacy, cites ‘radical’ trans movement
The Log Cabin Republicans said Thursday it will narrow its national advocacy to issues of sexual orientation and conservative values, removing the “T” from its mission, President Ross Hemminger said in an op-ed published by Townhall.com.
Hemminger, the group’s president, said the organization was founded on the conviction that “gay Americans who believe in limited government, individual liberty, and equality deserve equal protection under the law and a voice inside the Republican Party.” He noted that in 2015 the board voted to “add the ‘T’ under the umbrella of our mission,” a decision the group is now reversing, Hemminger wrote.
In the op-ed, Hemminger criticized what he called the “radical” transgender movement, saying it has shifted focus to minors. He wrote that activists “push schools to teach radical gender ideology; they want biological men in women’s sports regardless of the consequences; perhaps most offensively, they support gender reassignment treatments for minors, often without the knowledge or consent of the parents,” adding that such treatments are often irreversible.
Hemminger also said gay men and women are losing public support and said polls show declines, a trend he attributed to voters’ impressions being shaped by “today’s radical transgender activists.” He said the board voted to “refine Log Cabin Republicans’ national advocacy focus to concentrate specifically on issues of sexual orientation and conservative values” and that the group will be an “LGB advocacy organization,” as its founders intended.
Hemminger said membership remains “open to all conservatives” and welcomed allies who align with the group’s mission. He listed areas of focus including marriage, adoption, military service, nondiscrimination “rooted in equal treatment,” and religious liberty protections, calling those positions “grounded in constitutional clarity” and saying, “When we remain focused on those principles, we win.”
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