PFLAG National Applauds President Biden’s Support of The Equality Act

PFLAGers also moved by President’s support for brave transgender kids

WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, April 28th, in his first joint address to Congress, President Biden stated, “I also hope Congress can get to my desk the Equality Act to protect the rights of LGBTQ Americans. To all the transgender Americans watching at home – especially the young people who are so brave – I want you to know that your president has your back.”

In response, PFLAG National Executive Director Brian K. Bond—who previously served in the Obama-Biden Administration—said, “We are grateful to President Biden for his unwavering support of our LGBTQ+ loved ones. His commitment to passing the Equality Act—critical legislation that would modernize our nation’s civil rights laws by including explicit protections for LGBTQ people, as well as improve protections for women, people of color, people with different national origins, and people of all faiths—has meant so much to our families. We are also moved by his vocal support of our trans kids, whose rights and very lives have been under assault with hundreds of dangerous and damaging bills in 33 states across this country. 

PFLAGers everywhere join the President in calling on Congress to pass the Equality Act. Our families will continue doing the work of bravely sharing their stories with legislators about why the Equality Act would protect their LGBTQ+ loved ones—and the ways in which these dangerous and damaging anti-trans bills are hurting their kids.”

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