The Contrarian: Half of LGBTQ+ Americans Have Gone Back Into the Closet. Here's Why.

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Jun 10, 2026 #PrideMonth #GayRights #LGBTQ

Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson joins April Ryan for an urgent Pride Month conversation about what's really happening to LGBTQ+ Americans under the Trump administration. New HRC polling reveals that nearly half of the community has gone back into the closet in at least one area of their lives. Robinson explains exactly why that's so dangerous for the future of gay rights in America.

From Trump's criminal subpoenas targeting transgender patients and their families to the 10th anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre, this is the conversation corporate media won't have during Pride Month.

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1. Animal Farm: "We are all free, comrades, it's just that some are freer than others."

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2. Somewhat true for us. We won't deny who we are, but we don't display rainbow stickers on our cars, nor...

... wear pride buttons or shirts and hats... nor have a rainbow flag displayed on our home any more. Are we "back in the closet" or are we just taking reasonable and prudent precautions to protect our own safety?

We "tiptoe" now.

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3. Lots of ancient American native tribes believed someone who was "trans",

Born in one body but living as the other had higher powers and insights because they understood both perspectives, sad that they were more civilized then than we are now