"Trump, when questioned what he would do if he found out an employee was gay said "it makes no difference"."

That's an -odd- comparison. One is about gay marriage, and one is about people being gay.

Trump is perfectly capable of having no issue with someone being gay AND being against their right to marriage.

And realistically? What's worse for you as a gay person - Donald's -personal- beliefs, or those he advocates as a policy?

http://www.politifact.com/new-york/statements/2016/aug/14/se...

Besides, Trump has said a lot of things that contradict other things he's said, and gay marriage is one of those:

"I am not in favor of gay marriage."

For someone affected by such things, you really should be more informed.

Which party has a stronger record of LGBT support? According to a recent report by the Pew Research Center[1], as recently as this year, only 33% of republicans supported gay marriage. I'm certainly not a fan of Hillary Clinton, but what I'm really voting for is the Democrat party. This means keeping another Scalia out of the supreme court, and forcing the Republicans to take a long hard look at themselves, and really evaluate where they stand as a party.

[1]: http://www.pewforum.org/2016/05/12/changing-attitudes-on-gay...

This is asinine. It was one Clinton who signed DOMA, not Clintons (plural). 224 Republican members of the House of Representatives voted in favor of it, compared to 118 Democrats. 1 Republican voted against it, compared to 65 Democrats. In the Senate 53 Republicans voted for it, none voted against; 32 Democrats voted for it, 14 voted against it.

So you have a slightly moving, changing Democrat party; and complete bigotry then and still now in the Republican party. Yet you stopped being a Democrat based on this vote? That's fine, but it's completely absurd.

Democrats are the conservative party, and have always had to be dragged kicking and screaming to get anything progressive done in all of history. It does not make sense you'd use DOMA as the point in time to switch to the crazy party. You know, the bat shit insane where it's OK to "get away" with gawking at girls getting dressed in the changing room, but it's perverse for a female identifying transgender to take a piss in the women's bathroom - something that's been happening for a very long time without anyone giving two shits until Republicans got a fucking clue it was happening.

And what about the 'T' in 'LGBT'?

Surely you haven't already forgotten the rise in anti-trans discriminatory legislation in recent years? Do you think Trump and his supporters are the type to not support those? Which party is it that's been at the forefront of anti-discriminatory legislation and equal protection in general?

It sucks that the first past the post voting system of ours all but guarantees that we must choose between the lesser of two evils to avoid throwing our vote away, but what else are you going to do? A vote for a third party is a vote that increases the probability of a Trump presidency.

Adding to this: Clinton was personally responsible for new regulations that allow trans people to easily change the gender markers on their passport and their social security records (and there's also been regulations that rendered the gender marker on social security irrelevant, though I don't remember if that was before or after Clinton left).

On top of this, Mike Pence has promised to roll back the Obama administration's use of the EEOC and Title IX to protect trans rights against discrimination.

I'm voting Democratic for my very survival.

"survival"? Do you honestly believe you'll be shot if Trump wins? If so, wow.

My friends were bracing for an all out race war if Obama won in 2008. Others were expecting Obama to go full Hugo Chavez on America.

Does anyone else remember that time?