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Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2024 a 2024 campaign ad

Kamala Harris “supports taxpayer-funded sex changes for prisoners and illegal aliens.”

By Grace Abels • October 18, 2024

Coalition to Protect Kids NY
stated on September 29, 2024 a campaign website

"The ERA could also mandate that schools allow biological males to compete in girls' sports."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 15, 2024

Kamala Harris
stated on July 20, 2024 remarks at a fundraiser in Provincetown, Mass.

Donald Trump “took away protections against discrimination for LGBTQ patients under the Affordable Care Act.”

By Grace Abels • September 9, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on March 3, 2024 an Instagram post

A new Missouri bill “would put teachers on the sex offense registry if they ‘contribute to social transition’” of transgender students, including by using gender-affirming pronouns.

By Grace Abels • March 11, 2024

Joe Biden
stated on June 10, 2023 a speech

In the U.S., “a person can be married in the morning and thrown out of a restaurant for being gay in the afternoon.”

By Grace Abels, Nuria Diaz Muñoz • June 16, 2023

X posts
stated on April 18, 2023 a Tweet

Missouri’s attorney general has a website “where people can report trans individuals and the people who help them.”

By Grace Abels • April 20, 2023

Donald Trump
stated on March 4, 2023 a speech

“We banned transgender” people from serving in the military.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 8, 2023

Taylor Swift
stated on June 1, 2019 an Instagram post

"The majority of Americans across ALL parties favor these nondiscrimination policies for LGBTQ people (liberals at 81%, moderates at 76% and conservatives at 55%)."

June 5, 2019

Taylor Swift
stated on October 7, 2018 an Instagram post

Says Marsha Blackburn "voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape."

By Jon Greenberg • October 9, 2018

George Takei
stated on January 20, 2017 a Tweet

"The White House removed its climate change web page. And the healthcare, civil rights and LGBT sections."

By Lauren Carroll • January 23, 2017

Tim Kaine
stated on September 18, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press."

Says Hillary Clinton and millennials have the same positions on climate change, abortion rights, immigration reform, gay rights and college affordability. "Donald Trump doesn't."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Linda Qiu • September 18, 2016

Clay Aiken
stated on June 12, 2016 a posting on Twitter

"A gay man who survived #orlando hate crime can STILL show up to work in FL tomorrow and have his boss fire him simply because he is gay."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 20, 2016

Chris Sgro
stated on March 17, 2016 a speech urging Charlotte's anti-discrimination ordinance be left intact

"There have not been any public safety issues" in cities that allow transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify as.

By Will Doran • April 1, 2016

Elton John
stated on October 13, 2015 CNN

HIV/AIDS is "dramatically on the rise in the U.S. South."

By Nancy Badertscher • October 19, 2015

Mark Pocan
stated on June 26, 2015 a statement

"In a majority of states, you can now marry freely, but can still be fired for who you love."

By Sarah Hauer • July 9, 2015

Tim Cook
stated on March 29, 2015 an oped column

"Legislation being considered in Texas would strip the salaries and pensions of clerks who issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — even if the Supreme Court strikes down Texas’ marriage ban later this year."

By Alex Wilts • April 15, 2015

Democratic National Committee
stated on December 19, 2014 a list of talking points

Says Jeb Bush "not only opposes marriage equality, he’s said he ‘personally’ believes gay couples should be banned from adopting children."

By Amy Sherman • January 6, 2015

Stephen Sweeney
stated on June 1, 2013 an interview on "On The Record with Michael Aron" program

"People want the minimum wage, they want marriage equality, they want women’s health care. There’s issues that actually that really do matter, social issues that matter to the people of this state. So I know Barbara would support those issues, I know the governor hasn’t. You’ve seen the actions he’s taken on them."

By Caryn Shinske • June 23, 2013

Nadine Smith
stated on March 27, 2013 a press release

"The financial penalties imposed" on gay couples "can cost us more than $300,000 compared with married heterosexual couples over a lifetime."

By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2013

Christopher Plante
stated on January 13, 2013 an interview

"The governor does not have any power to veto a referendum [on same-sex marriage] that would be a constitutional amendment."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 23, 2013

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