Lgbtq surveillance

The move suggests that Trump may start investigating LGBTQ+ groups as a security threat. Anti-LGBTQ+ politician Kristi Noem is Trump’s Department of Homeland Security Secretary (Getty/Scott Olson) A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unit has eliminated policies preventing staff from gathering intelligence on an individual or group based solely on their LGBTQ+ status, Bloomberg reports.

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The DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis has not, does not, and will not engage, in any "surveillance" based on a person's sexual orientation. The Office of Intelligence and Analysis posted an updated policy manual late last week that removes references to those characteristics in sections that set guardrails on gathering intelligence. Log In. Sign Up For Newsletters. The DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, as first reported by Bloomberg, removing LGBTQ + identities from the General Requirements section.

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litigates and advocates for privacy, fighting excessive local and state-level surveillance. To contact the editors responsible for this story: Michaela Ross at mross bgov. The change has led to speculation in numerous reports that intelligence activities, including surveillance, can now be carried out on people based solely on their sexual orientation and gender. Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has scrapped privacy provisions which otherwise protected people from surveillance based on sexual orientation or gender identity alone, Bloomberg reported last week. In another reversal of the Biden administration’s expansion of federal protections for LGBTQ+ Americans, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has eliminated language in internal documents.

Bloomberg Law. Bloomberg Government. The revised language preserves protections based on sex, religion, nationality, and other factors. Our work highlights the discriminatory impact of surveillance on Muslim Americans, immigrants, and communities of color. The DHS quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, removing LGBTQ+ identities from the section prohibiting surveillance based solely on immutable characteristics.

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