Trump Appointee With History of Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Remarks Leaves Aid Agency

WASHINGTON — A Trump administration appointee whose anti-L.G.B.T.Q. comments had spurred calls for her removal has left the United States Agency for International Development, an agency spokeswoman said on Monday.

The appointee, Merritt Corrigan, had drawn scrutiny shortly after becoming the agency’s deputy White House liaison this year because of her previous statements that America is in the grip of a “homo-empire” pushing a “tyrannical LGBT agenda.” She had also argued that “America has no moral imperative to accept immigrants” and called for women to take up traditional roles of wife, mother and homemaker.

Ms. Corrigan said on Twitter on Monday that she had been targeted by Democrats on Capitol Hill and the news media because of her Christian faith.

“For too long, I’ve remained silent as the media has attacked me for my Christian beliefs, which are shared by the majority of Americans,” she said, adding that “gay marriage isn’t marriage” and “men aren’t women.”