In a letter published last week, the group of organisations called on moderator Susan Page to raise awareness and ask for a response to Pence’s continued efforts to “demonize and dehumanize” the LGBTQ+ community during the first vice presidential debate for the 2020 election.
Limiting LGBTQ+ people’s access to healthcare, promoting hate-fuelled violence that further endangers trans and non-binary people, and grossly failing LGBTQ+ youth at risk of being bullied are some of the main points the letter highlights as grave failings by the Trump-Pence administration when it comes to protecting LGBTQ+ citizens in the US. “Last year, the House passed the Equality Act – crucial federal legislation that would finally guarantee explicit protections