Normally, it’s not a particularly big deal when various groups are invited to Washington to mark some special or ceremonial occasion. When an NFL team wins the Super Bowl, for instance, they get to go to the White House, shake hands with the president, and everyone goes about their day. The same is true when scientists are invited to celebrate their Nobel Prizes, or soldiers are honored for winning the Medal of Honor, or when families are invited to participate in the annual Easter Egg hunt. In cases like these, usually, there’s no big scandal that erupts after-the-fact. People show up, they participate in whatever the event is, and they leave.
But over the past year, one very notable exception to this rule has emerged, which is this: It’s becoming increasingly risky to invite LGBT influencers to descend on Washington.
Last summer, for example, a transgender social media…
