Joe Biden on National Coming Out Day called for anti-LGBT bills in state legislatures to be defeated and for the Senate to pass the Equality Act.Biden noted the US’s ‘extraordinary progress’ in a statement on Monday, the day supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other identities ‘coming out of the closet’.But the president said the country is not yet done with its ‘work to ensure the full promise of equality’.‘Anti-LGBTQ+ bills still proliferate in state legislatures.
Bullying and harassment – particularly of young transgender Americans and LGBTQ+ people of color – still abounds, diminishing our national character,’ Biden stated.