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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus

‘I assume I’ll be driven out the country’: Workers fear Trump is leading a purge of LGBTQ+ federal employees

When Wylie joined the Postal Service in December, they had two very contradictory thoughts about the coming return of Donald Trump.

They knew, as a nonbinary transgender person, that the next four years would be hell. Trump, after all, had made attacking what he called “transgender insanity” a central part of his 2024 campaign and his first administration. But Wylie didn’t want to hide who they are, either.

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