Democrats vow to reverse Trump's rollback of LGBTQ rights
Nine Democratic presidential candidates vowed Thursday to reverse President Trump’s rollbacks of LGBTQ rights as they sought to appeal to a key group of voters in the race for the party’s 2020 nomination.
Turning to the mental health of LGBTQ youth, Buttigieg called for a national “three-digit suicide prevention hotline.” He also bemoaned the federal rule barring blood donations by men who have had sex with another man within the last year. In the hours before the town hall, three of the candidates — Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, California Sen. Kamala Harris and— released plans to strengthen LGBTQ rights in largely similar ways. Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas had put out his LGBTQ agenda in June. All four vowed to reverseand to work to explicitly outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
All four of the candidates’ plans include promises to expand access to the PrEP HIV-prevention drug. Buttigieg has set a goal of ending the HIV epidemic by 2030.He also proposed outlawing “conversion therapy,” which purports to make people heterosexual, and forming a task force aimed at preventing LGBTQ suicides. Other candidates also vowed to take action against conversion therapy.
“When we talk about being able to get married on Sunday and get, or Saturday, and get fired on Monday, the vast majority of American people don’t think that’s possible,” said Biden, who promised to open “a special office that’s devoted directly to promoting LGBTQ rights around the world.”
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