Gays for harris

During the event, over 40 LGBTQ+ and allied actors, activists, government officials, and drag performers all shared their enthusiasm for presumptive Democratic ial nominee Kamala. LGBTQ + advocates, HBCU students, and allies gathered virtually Thursday night for a fundraiser backing Vice Kamala Harris’s ial campaign. As U.S. Senator, Vice Harris cosponsored the Equality Act, defended access to healthcare under the Affordable Care Act, and frequently spoke out against violence against trans women of color.

Harris has been a champion for the LGBTQ+ community as Vice as well. White Dudes for Harris was a group of male voters that supported the Kamala Harris ial campaign. [1][2] Ross Morales Rocketto and Mike Nellis have been credited as the group's organizers. [3][4]. A collective of three thousand Black gay and queer men gathered on a virtual call on July 25 to rally support for Vice Kamala Harris in her quest to become the 47th of the.

Washington — Among the topics voters may consider in the ial election are LGBTQ rights — and it's an issue where former and Vice Kamala Harris have starkly different messages and backgrounds. But support is stronger in blue states than red states, and has declined overall in recent years — especially among Republicans.

And support for same-sex marriage has also seen a slight decline.

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The former has been inconsistent on the issue during his time in the public eye, and his administration rolled back protections for LGBTQ people — especially transgender individuals. In the late s and early s, before he entered politics, expressed support for domestic partnership laws that granted couples the same benefits of married couples — a position that the GOP widely opposed at the time — and often showed personal tolerance for LGBTQ issues more broadly.

In a interview, where he also said he was "very pro-choice" said that "it would not disturb me" for gay people to serve in the military. Years later, said in , amid speculation about a possible ial bid, that he was "opposed to gay marriage. chose a conservative running mate in , Mike Pence, who had staunchly opposed same-sex marriage, but 's own comments on the topic varied.

said during his campaign that he would " strongly consider " appointing Supreme Court justices who would overturn the ruling that legalized same-sex marriages. Then, days after he was elected, he said he was "fine" with same-sex marriage and suggested he wouldn't appoint justices to the high court with the goal of overturning the ruling. His wife, Melania , called him "the first to enter the White House supporting gay marriage" as he sought reelection in On transgender issues, said in , amid a controversy over a North Carolina bathroom ban, that transgender people should "use the bathroom they feel is appropriate.

's administration also tried to repeal health protections for transgender people and sought to end protections for transgender individuals in federal prison, among other policies. Anti-trans sentiments would go on to become a prominent talking point for Republicans on the campaign trail in the midterm elections. In early , said he would use his powers, should he return to the White House, to punish doctors who provide gender affirming care for minors and impose consequences for teachers who discuss it with students.

In the final months of the campaign, and his allies leaned into anti-trans rhetoric, spending millions on advertisements focusing on the issue in battleground states. Meanwhile, 's running mate, Sen. JD Vance, sponsored legislation in that would ban access to gender-affirming care for minors, along with a bill to bar the State Department from allowing the gender marker "X" on passports.

The Ohio Republican also said he would vote no on the Respect for Marriage Act, which provided federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages, while campaigning for Senate in , citing religious liberty concerns. Harris has generally been an early adopter of pro-LGBTQ policies and stances, doing so before other prominent members of her party. The former San Francisco district attorney officiated some of the nation's first same-sex marriages in , after then-mayor Gavin Newsom directed the county clerk to approve the marriages although the law didn't yet recognize them.

The marriages were invalidated months later. Then, when she was elected as California's attorney general in , Harris said she would not defend in court a voter-approved measure known as Proposition 8 , which outlawed same-sex marriage. As attorney general, she sought to end the " panic defense " that allowed homicide defendants to seek lesser sentences if they attested to being panicked by the victim's sexual orientation.

Harris has been criticized by LGBTQ advocates for denying gender-affirming surgeries for transgender inmates when she served as attorney general; she said she was bound by the Department of Corrections policy in place at the time. She later expressed support for providing such care to inmates during her ial bid. During that campaign, where she ran on a more progressive platform, Harris also said she supports decriminalizing sex work, though she noted that it's not a simple issue.

As a senator, Harris sponsored a handful of bills aimed at addressing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, along with other LGBTQ issues. In , Mr. Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law, enshrining federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. Harris' running mate, Minnesota Gov.

When Walz was a high school teacher, he served as the faculty adviser who helped form his school's first gay-straight alliance in the '90s.

, Harris rallying base supporters.