Donald Trump’s harsh budget will cost LGBTQ+ people $2.67 billion, experts claim

Donald Trump’s newly proposed federal budget could financially impact the LGBTQ+ community to the tune of $2.67 billion, a major non-profit has warned.

A string of budget cuts totalling $163 billion were proposed by the 78-year-old president during a Friday (2 May) briefing, including cuts to education, housing, and medical research.

The so-called “skinny budget” focuses primarily on making cuts to non-defense departments and initiatives, including 23 per cent cuts to Social Security and Medicare programs – the lowest level since 2017.

More than $2 billion would be sliced from the tax-collecting Internal Revenue Service (IRS), while medical institutions including the NIH and the CDC could see more than 40 per cent of their respective budgets cut.

US president Donald Trump. (Getty)

Conversely, Homeland Security is set to receive a

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