The North Carolina-based group ‘Gays for Trump’ has announced marches in Washington, D.C., New York City and Las Vegas on March 4.

Organizer Peter Boykin, who raised money last year to purchase a ‘Gays For Trump’ billboard near the site of the Pulse massacre in Orlando, announced a rally near the mall at the Washington Monument, with participants then marching to the White House.

“It is for everybody but you will see a lot of rainbow flags,” Boykin told the Washington Blade. “D.C.-area Gays for Trump will definitely be attending.”

Permits for the rally and march in support of Donald Trump have reportedly been obtained from the U.S. Park Service.

“March4Trump” rallies and marches will also take place on March 4 in other cities throughout the country in addition to D.C., including Virginia Beach, Va.; Raleigh, N.C.; Las Vegas and Reno, Nev.; Berkley, Calif.; and New York City, according to a Feb. 26 press release issued by organizers of the event.

Singer and songwriter Joy Villa, who wore a “Make America Great Again” dress at the Grammys, will be a keynote speaker at the D.C. rally. Villa will be accompanied by Andre Soriano, the designer of her dress.

“She, along with the March4Trump Organization, is seeking to unite the nation together in support of our newly elected president,” organizers said in a statement. “The goal of these marches and rallies are to peacefully unite all people. March 4Trump is seeking only individuals who wish to spread love rather than hate, unite rather than divide, and support rather than resistance.”

According to exit polling conducted by the New York Times, which canvassed over 24,000 voters leaving 350 different voting places, Donald Trump received approximately 14 percent of the LGBT vote, down from 48 percent of LGBT voters who chose Mitt Romney over Obama in 2012.

A pre-election survey conducted by the gay dating app SCRUFF, found that 11% of the nearly 13,000 gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (GBTQ) male users polled favored Donald Trump, while 79% said they would vote for Clinton.

Trump’s highest share of support from GBTQ men came from the states of Louisiana and Wyoming, where 28.3% and 27.8% are pro-Trump, respectively. Clinton’s most popular state was Oregon (87.7%).

The ‘Gay for Trump’ rally comes just weeks after the Trump administration went after the most vulnerable members of our community, reversing federal guidelines put in place by the Obama administration last year that protected transgender students from discrimination.

The decision even drew the condemnation of Republican Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), whose son is transgender. “This lamentable decision can lead to hostile treatment of transgender students and studies have shown that bullying and harassment can be detrimental to the emotional and physical well-being of teenagers,” she wrote in a statement.

Gregory T. Angelo, president of the Log Cabin Republicans, the nation’s largest organization representing gay conservatives, said he was “disappointed” by Trump’s trans rights roll back.

“Log Cabin Republicans had supported the Obama administration guidance on transgender public accommodations in public schools and certainly opposed any efforts to rescind it,” Angelo told NowThis at last week’s CPAC conference. “We are disappointed that President Trump had.”

Trump supporter and transgender rights activist, Caitlyn Jenner, has also taken issue with the Trump’s decision, calling it “a disaster.”

“What could possibly motivate a blind and cruel attack on young children like this?” asked Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign. “These transgender students simply want to go to school in the morning without fear of discrimination or harassment. The consequences of this decision will no doubt be heartbreaking.”

h/t: NNN