Laverne Cox was the victim of an anti-transgender hate attack | Donald Trump issues his last World AIDS Day proclamation & erases LGBTQ people again | Colorado Governor Jared Polis & his husband diagnosed with COVID-19

Daily Brief · Dec 1, 2020 Visit site

Umbrella Academy star Elliot Page comes out as transgender Now one of the most famous transgender people in the country, Page said he loves being trans but is also "scared of the invasiveness, the hate, the 'jokes,' and of violence." Laverne Cox was the victim of an anti-transgender hate attack "It doesn't matter who you are, you can be Laverne Cox - whatever that means - if you're trans, you're going to experience stuff like this." Donald Trump issues his last World AIDS Day proclamation & erases LGBTQ people again For the fourth year in a row, Trump has deliberately erased LGBTQ people from HIV/AIDS. Colorado Governor Jared Polis & his husband diagnosed with COVID-19 Polis has faced stiff pushback from Republicans in his state because of measures he took to slow the spread of the pandemic. Joe Biden will make LGBTQ rights a priority after inauguration While he can reverse Trump's executive orders, the fate of federal legislation banning discrimination rests on two Senate races in Georgia. Funeral home settles lawsuit that led to landmark LGBTQ rights Supreme Court ruling The decision established that LGBTQ people are protected under federal civil rights laws, but Aimee Stephens passed away a few weeks before the ruling. Franklin Graham warns Christians that Biden will promote science & the “godless” LGBTQ “agenda” An LGBTQ org said that Christian schools should be required to teach science. Evangelicals are flipping out. Rosario Dawson responds to transgender former employee’s accusations of discrimination & violence She says she understands "why people were concerned, and are concerned. I would be too if I heard some of those claims." Lesbian political powerhouse Karine Jean-Pierre named White House deputy press secretary All the members of the Biden administration's top communications staff will be women. That means the media will have to listen to women finally. The extent of LGBTQ progress under Biden depends on the outcome of two Senate races in Georgia If challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock defeat the incumbents, Democrats will effectively control the Senate - and end GOP efforts to block LGBTQ advances.

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