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The Trump administration is arguing in court filings that identifying as a transgender ally or supporter of LGBTQ+ rights is correlated with violent extremism. Civil rights lawyers have criticized the claim as baseless and discriminatory.
In court filings, the Trump administration argued that identifying as a transgender ally or supporting LGBTQ+ rights correlates with violent extremism. Civil rights lawyers called the claim baseless and discriminatory. The filing suggests the administration is trying to use extremism risk assessments as a way to categorize political or social positions as inherently dangerous.
This is a strategic move to get courts to accept a link between a political position and violence. If courts allow it, the administration gains cover to treat support for LGBTQ+ rights as a potential security concern. The claim itself doesn't hold up statistically—being an ally to any group doesn't cause extremism—but that's not the point. The point is to establish the legal precedent that certain social or political stances count as risk factors for radicalization, which then justifies treating people who hold those views with suspicion.
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