Activists around the world are celebrating the election of President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. OutRight Action International Executive Director Jessica Stern in a statement said “the outcome of this election has far-reaching implications for LGBTIQ people globally.” ILGA World Executive Director André du Plessis was with his husband in Richmond, Va., on Nov.
7 when the Associated Press and television networks declared Biden and Harris had won the election. Du Plessis on Monday told the Washington Blade that LGBTQ people around the world over the last four years “have been subject to increased hate that has been unleashed in copy-cat imitation of the poor presidential leadership in the United States” and “have