Turing Another Leaf… Naw

The Secretary of State issued a statement about the Transgender Day of Remembrance was this a pushback against Trump’s anti-LGBT policies?

Tillerson Issues Transgender Day of Remembrance Statement Despite Doing Nothing to Help Trans People
The New Civil Rights Movement
By David Badash
November 20, 2017

Tillerson Says Around the World Attacks on Transgender People Often 'Are Perpetrated by Government Officials, Undermining the Rule of Law'

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has issued a statement acknowledging Monday as the Transgender Day of Remembrance. The statement itself is noticeably thin, at least in comparison to those issued by his immediate predecessor, Secretary of State John Kerry.

"Transgender individuals and their advocates, along with lesbian, gay, bisexual and intersex persons, are facing increasing physical attacks and arbitrary arrests in many parts of the world," Tillerson's statement reads. "Often these attacks are perpetrated by government officials, undermining the rule of law."
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"Transgender persons should not be subjected to violence or discrimination, and the human rights they share with all persons should be respected," Tillerson added.

"On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, the United States remains committed to advancing the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all persons. These principles are inherent in our own Constitution and drive the diplomacy of the United States," Tillerson concluded.

So was this a more gentler, a more accepting Tillerson?

In the past he hasn’t been concerned to violence against LGBT around the world. He hasn’t spoken up about the violence against LGBT people in Chechnya's anti-gay torture and concentration camps. He hasn’t spoken against Turkey’s LGBT crack down; he didn’t sign the UN resolution on LGBT human rights.

So his actions speak louder than his words.