LGBTQ Rights
LGBTQ is Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer and/or Questioning: shorthand or umbrella terms for all folks who have a non-normative (or queer) gender or sexuality.
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2016 DNC Platform
2018 CA Dem Platform
- Democrats will fight for the continued development of sex discrimination law to cover LGBT people.
- We will also fight for comprehensive federal non-discrimination protections for all LGBT Americans, to guarantee equal rights in areas such as housing, employment, public accommodations, credit, jury service, education, and federal funding.
- We will oppose all state efforts to discriminate against LGBT individuals, including legislation that restricts the right to access public spaces.
- We support a progressive vision of religious freedom that respects pluralism and rejects the misuse of religion to discriminate.
- We will combat LGBT youth homelessness and improve school climates.
- We will support LGBT elders, ensure access to necessary health care
- We will protect LGBT people from violence—including ending the crisis of violence against transgender Americans.
- We will also promote LGBT human rights and ensure America’s foreign policy is inclusive of LGBT people around the world.
- Support nondiscrimination for the LGBTQ community in all aspects of their lives, including housing, employment, health care, and family/adoption
- Affirm support for their legal right to marry and support clergy of all religious denominations in their freedom to solemnize marriages in accordance with their respective beliefs
- Encourage and support more women, LGBTQ, people with disabilities, and people of color to run for elected local, state, and federal offices
- Protect the right of all people to use facilities and participate in all aspects of society consistent with their gender identity, regardless of the gender at birth
- Support the use of gender-neutral language
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