By Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Log Cabin Republicans, a conservative gay rights group, said ‌it is ending advocacy and support for ‌transgender causes, with the decision coming at a time when Republican ​President Donald Trump's administration has acted to limit transgender rights.

• Ross Hemminger, the conservative gay rights group's board president, said in an online essay that the ‌board of directors has ⁠voted for its advocacy to "concentrate specifically on issues of sexual orientation and conservative ⁠values — in other words, we are an LGB advocacy organization."

• Hemminger, who said Log Cabin Republicans first ​embraced transgender ​rights issues in 2015, ​wrote that the transgender ‌movement now pushes a "radical gender ideology."

• Trump has cast the gender identity of transgender people as a lie, issued a series of executive actions targeting their rights and stated in a directive that the ‌U.S. government will recognize only ​two sexes: male and female.

• ​He has also launched ​probes against educational institutions and threatened ‌to cut their federal funding ​over transgender ​policies.

• Some rights groups have condemned moves by Trump and governors in Republican-led states, saying such ​actions in recent ‌years have created an unsafe climate for ​the transgender community.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; ​Editing by Lincoln Feast.)