Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin 2016 Republican National Convention
Donald Trump ya ce "A matsayina na shugaban ku, zan yi duk abin da ke cikin ikona don kare 'yan ƙasarmu LGBTQ, daga tashin hankali da zalunci na ƙiyayya da akidun kasashen waje". A wani gangamin yakin neman zabe a ranar 29 ga Oktoba, 2016, Trump ya ɗaga tutar Rainbow a kan mataki a kwance tare da alamar "LGBTs for Trump". A ranar 11 ga Nuwamba, 2016, Trump ya nada Peter Theil a cikin kwamitin zartarwa na tawagarsa ta rikon kwarya. A ranar 13 ga Nuwamba, 2016, yayin wata hira da Lesley Stahl a kan "Minti 60", Trump ya ce yana da kyau tare da "Obergefell v. Hodges" Kotun Koli ta yanke shawara kuma ba shi da mahimmanci ko ya goyi bayan auren jinsi ɗaya ko a'a saboda an sasanta doka. Shawarwarin Trump a matsayin shugaban kasa sun sanya shakku kan sahihancin maganganun sa a matsayin dan takara. A ranar 13 ga Oktoba, 2017, Trump ya zama shugaban kasa na farko da ya yi jawabi a taron Values Voter Summit, wani taron shekara-shekara da Hukumar Kula da Ilimin Iyali ke tallafawa, wanda aka sani da kare hakkin 'yanci na LGBT.