I don't agree with the author's sentiment in the article but he does give his reason: "Rodriguez claimed the Trump administration’s campaign to eradicate criminalization of homosexuality “looks more like another instance of the right using queer people as a pawn to amass power and enact its own agenda,” adding that the Trump administration does not have a great human rights record at home when it comes to LGBTQ+ issues.” I personally think that the author is right about Trump.
Here's some information that I have posted on this issue before in other threads.
Donald Trump Is the Most Anti-LGBT President in History
Sean Spicer's Book Reveals: Trump's LGBTQ+ Support Was a Total Lie
How Trump Made 2017 a Horrific Year for LGBT Rights—and Worse Is to Come
Trump promised to be LGBTQ-friendly. His first year in office proved it was a giant con.
Excerpt: Donald Trump Is the Most Anti-LGBT President in History
(1)
Rescinding Obama-era guidance to protect the civil rights of transgender children in schools.
(2) Calling for (and still fighting to enact) a
total ban on transgender service members in the armed forces – including kicking out existing trans people effectively and proudly serving their country.
(3) Rescinding Obama-era regulations that ban discrimination against LGBT people in a variety of arenas. Among them,
rescinding an Obama-era policy that protects transgender workers, and
reversing an Obama-era rule banning health care discrimination against transgender people.
(4) He instituted
an extraordinary policy reversal, prioritizing the rights of people of faith over the rights of LGBT people.
(5) He
rejected a rule proposed by the Obama administration requiring "that same-sex spouses are recognized and afforded equal rights in certain Medicare and Medicaid-participating facilities.
(6) He has placed a virulently anti-LGBT justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, and flooded the federal courts with equally (or worse) anti-LGBT judges.
(7) One Trump nominee for a lifetime position as a U.S. District Court judge
proudly admitted he discriminates against gay people, because they're gay.
There are many more examples provided in the article.
Excerpt: Trump administration dismantles LGBT-friendly policies
Despite Trump’s promise to defend LGBT rights, his health agency has blocked efforts to combat discrimination. The nation's health department is taking steps to dismantle LGBT health initiatives, as political appointees have halted or rolled back regulations intended to protect LGBT workers and patients, removed LGBT-friendly language from documents and reassigned the senior adviser dedicated to LGBT health.
The sharp reversal from Obama-era policies carries implications for a population that's been historically vulnerable to discrimination in health care settings, say LGBT health advocates. A Health Affairs
study last year found that many LGBT individuals have less access to care than heterosexuals; in a Harvard-Robert Wood Johnson-NPR
survey one in six LGBT individuals reported experiencing discrimination from doctors or at a clinic.
The Trump administration soon after taking office also moved to change the agency's LGBT-related health data collection, a window into health status and discrimination. Last month it established a new religious liberty division to defend health workers who have religious objections to treating LGBT patients.
There are more examples provided in the article.
More articles on Trump's anti-LGBT policies.
Trump's Quiet War Against LGBT Americans
Trump escalates clash with LGBT community
What a Trump presidency could mean for LGBT Americans
Trump Attacked LGBT Rights in 2018, and He’s Far From Done
First 100 Days: How President Trump Has Impacted LGBTQ Rights
Trump administration rolls back protections for transgender students