Defunding the Parks Policy
"We will ensure that the Trump administration takes action to ensure that women and girls have the resources they need to succeed in our communities," the White House said in a statement.
The announcement comes as President Trump has made softening guidance on the issue a priority.
In his State of the Union address on Friday, Trump said the U.S. should consider including "all the nations of the world that have passed laws that make it easier for same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses and to obtain land titles."
"The success of these laws will ultimately determine the success of our country and our people," he added.
The move comes amid rising anti-LGBT sentiment in Europe, with some lawmakers now openly supporting same-sex marriage, with a few even declaring for the government to order same-sex weddings.
"I'm not going to hear a word of dissent," said one anti-LGBT lawmaker, according to Reuters. "It's not in the nature of governments to order people to violate the law."
The policy that has been in place since the first days of the Trump administration is well-known as the "Defunding the Parks" policy, which was published in December, but has been criticized by conservatives as being too broad and unnecessarily punitive.
The policy, which was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, sought to encourage park owners to remove memorials dedicated to black Americans, African Americans and others who had suffered violently at the hands of white vigilantes, and to celebrate the achievements of minorities.
Republican presidential candidates have also been outspoken in their opposition to the Defunding the Parks policy.
"I am concerned that some states and cities are doing nothing at all to protect citizens from harm," Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (R) said in his State of the Union address, according to National Review. "The only thing we'll do is continue to allow this same kind of violence to occur in our parks, that should not be tolerated."
"The only people who will fight for the rights of LGBTQ+ people are those who have come before us," he added.
Legislation passed by the Senate in July that would have allowed people to refuse entry to businesses, schools, and other public facilities that were "in the public interest."
The measure was later blocked by the House, and a similar bill in the House of Representatives was defeated in the Senate.
The law was originally passed as a response to the killing of George Floyd, a black man who was shot in the back in a confrontation with police, and later died in prison.
Following the death of George Floyd, local police officers issued a "no-knock" zone across the city, which allowed people to remain in their buildings, schools, and other public facilities.
The policy has since been changed to allow people to remain in their buildings, schools, and other public facilities if they are in the public interest, but not if they are not carrying out the lawful purpose of interfering with the lawful activity of other law-abiding citizens.
While the law has not been widely implemented in the U.S. or Europe, the rhetoric from both sides suggests that the anti-LGBT sentiment in the U.S. is growing.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in October declaring that all refugees and migrants currently in the country must immediately return to their countries of origin.
The order, which was subsequently rescinded by the Obama administration, was widely praised by Republicans and Democrats alike, but it was ultimately defeated in the Electoral College, with the eventual winner being Wisconsin Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.
In January, during a rally in the state capital, Trump blamed the movement on "the radical left."
"Every time they say there's no borders, people are being shot, people are dying, and we have no borders," Trump said. "When we have no borders, people are dying in their communities. We have no borders."
In the wake of the president's proclamation, the anti-LGBT sentiment has been on the rise in the U.S. in large part due to Trump's presidency.
In June, while speaking about the issue of border security, President Donald Trump told a crowd in Greensboro, North Carolina, that "we have to do something."
The president said that by not enforcing the law by taking lawful steps to keep out criminals from entering the country, the nation is in danger of becoming "very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very dangerous again."
"We have to have strong borders, we have to have strong borders. We have to have strong borders in this country. We have to have strong borders," Trump said.
"If we don't have strong borders, we're not going to get great things. If we don't have strong borders, we're not going to get great things." - Donald J. Trump