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BY CARRIE N. BAKER & ANNA DRAGUNAS | Trump has devastated LGBTQ+ rights in the United States over the last four years.
After four years of the Trump administration rolling back LGBTQ+ rights at home and abroad, Biden has his work cut out for him. President-Elect Joe Biden has pledged to reverse course and pursue an aggressive plan to advance LGBTQ+ equality in the U.S. and around the world.
In his plan to advance LGBTQ+ equality, Biden has pledged that he will “provide the moral leadership to champion equal rights for all LGBTQ+ people, fight to ensure our laws and institutions protect and enforce their rights, and advance LGBTQ+ equality globally.” Biden’s plan includes:
- protecting LGBTQ+ people from discrimination;
- supporting LGBTQ+ youth;
- protecting LGBTQ+ individuals from violence;
- expanding access to high-quality health care for LGBTQ+ individuals;
- ensuring fair treatment of LGBTQ+ individuals in the criminal justice system;
- collecting data necessary to fully support the LGBTQ+ community; and
- advancing global LGBTQ+ rights and development.
In these ways, Biden will move the U.S. toward a government-wide focus on uplifting of LGBTQ+ people at home and abroad. (Click here to read the rest of this article on MsMagazine.com.)
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