During Biden’s tenure, LGBTQ+ Americans have faced a barrage of hostile legislation in statehouses, most of it aimed at transgender children’s ability to play school sports and access health care.
When Joe Biden took the presidency two years ago, LGBTQ+ Americans were facing a crisis. Under former President Donald Trump, transgender people had been barred from serving in the military. LGBTQ+ health care protections had been gutted. A leaked memo suggesting that the Department of Health and Human Services washad sent shockwaves through the community.
Biden’s remarks included just two mentions of LGBTQ+ rights. Early on, he stated that he had signed “over 300 bipartisan bills” into law, including the, which makes marriage equality transportable across state lines in the event that the Supreme Court strikes down that right nationwide. Biden has long been considered a champion of LGBTQ+ equality. His decision to publicly back marriage equality in 2012 famously nudged President Barack Obama to affirm his own support for same-sex marriage.the president, who has rolled back Trump’s transgender military ban and moved to restore anti-discrimination protections in health care and schools as well as issue new gender-inclusive passports.
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