LGBTQ activists are warning that they will feel insulted if President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump ignore them during Thursday night’s debate.
“If no LGBTQ questions are asked in this debate, it will be a huge affront to our community,” lamented Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO of LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD. “Our community is deeply affected by the positions these candidates take.”
In a letter to CNN hosts Dana Bash and Jake Tapper, Ellis urged them to take notice and question the 2024 presidential candidate about his past statements and policies.
If they are elected in November, their respective plans to “advance the rights” of LGBTQ people should also reportedly be part of the conversation to ensure the sensitivities of the LGBTQ community are not ignored.
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“The safety and freedom of LGBTQ people depends on their engagement with candidates and their ability to inform voters about their record and proposals,” Ellis wrote in the letter, a copy of which was obtained and shared for the first time. report By The Hill.
The outlet reported that Ellis said she wanted to ask both Trump and Biden on Thursday “about marriage equality, the rise of anti-LGBTQ hatred and extremism, gender-affirming health care and the Equality Act (a federal law that protects sexual orientation and gender identity).”
“We are poised to be a deciding voting bloc in the 2024 elections just as we were in the 2020 elections,” Ellis said in the letter. “And so, we need to be part of this conversation.”
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“There is a stark contrast between the two candidates, so I really hope the moderator will bring up the LGBTQ community and LGBTQ issues,” added Annise Parker, president and CEO of the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, which advocates for more LGBTQ people to run for office.
The debate, hosted by CNN in Atlanta, will be the first to be held during LGBTQ Pride Month, which takes place annually in June.
A majority of American adults believe the head-to-head contest is a key element in the race for the White House in 2024 and plan to watch or tune in to part of it, Breitbart News reported.
The second debate will be hosted by ABC and is scheduled for September 10th.
