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“I strongly support LGBTQ rights and equality. No one should be discriminated against. I do believe that religious liberty, the First Amendment, gay rights, and transgender equality can all coexist," Mace said in 2021.
“I can deal with this; other people shouldn’t have to,” Rep.-elect Sarah McBride told The Advocate in response to criticism.
"All it does is allow these Republicans to go around and bully any woman who isn't wearing a skirt because they think she might not look woman enough," Ocasio-Cortez said.
“Why [are we] focusing on singling out one member — one new member, a freshman member of this body now,” Garcia asked.
“I will follow the rules as outlined by Speaker Johnson even if I disagree with them,” she said.
The GOP is doubling down on bigotry instead of addressing the concerns of the American people.
“Too many transgender people have been killed just for living as their true, authentic selves,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal said.
Her former boyfriend is charged with first-degree murder.
“It’s important not to yield to manufactured panic and to align with the actual facts before making sweeping claims,” the former White House Press secretary said on her MSNBC show.
“I absolutely think we need to have this conversation because of Trump’s threats,” Moulton told The Advocate.
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene reportedly went so far as to threaten a "physical altercation" if trans women were allowed to use the women's restroom.
Politicians and media personalities aren't "talking about what people are worried about" enough, according to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear.
A spokesperson for Polis told The Advocate that “Governor Polis has not changed his view as a whole on RFK Jr. or on the Governor’s previously stated concerns regarding some of RFK Jr’s positions."
Gaetz's long history of sex crime allegations and misusing taxpayer funds put him right in line with Trump.
The law violates established legal precedent, the plaintiff’s lawyers argue.
"If what you want is a centrist campaign that's quiet on trans issues ... that candidate existed, and she just lost," Oliver said during a recent episode of Last Week Tonight.
Trump is trying to burn down the American government.
Amid the trauma and disappointment of the election results, we take a look at queer resistance over the past century
Representative-elect McBride stated in response to the question on trans people and Democratic losses, "The party that was focused on culture wars and trans people was the Republican Party."
The MSNBC show has focused on cultural issues that Democrats weren’t even running on as the reason that Donald Trump won the election.
