Yahoo Expresses Dismay with Trump Administration's Transgender Action

Recent government action on transgender issues is "troubling and goes against all that we believe in," said Yahoo in a Thursday statement. The Education and Justice departments under President Donald Trump's direction withdrew guidance issued last year that required public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms based on their gender identity. In the brief statement posted on Tumblr, Yahoo said it "has and always will recognize the inalienable right to equality for all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender expression." In multiple news reports, Apple, Google, Microsoft and Uber also expressed similar dismay. Some of those same companies and their associations were also upset at Trump's immigration curtailment order (see 1701290001).