Joe Biden calls for Equality Act at SOTU while GOP attacks trans people in response

President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass the Equality Act during his State of the Union address last night, which focused largely on the economy.

“Let’s also pass the bipartisan Equality Act to ensure LGBTQ Americans, especially transgender young people, can live with safety and dignity,” Biden said.

This marks the third time Biden has asked Congress to pass the Equality Act, which would add sexual orientation and gender identity to federal civil rights legislation, banning discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in a number of areas at the federal level. While the House of Representatives passed the Equality Act in the last two sessions of Congress – when Democrats had control of the chamber – it didn’t pass the Senate. Donald Trump said that he would veto it when he was in office.

Later in the speech, Biden mentioned LGBTQ+ people again by…

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