President Biden declares June LGBTQ Pride Month while calling attention to 'unconscionable attacks' on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex community.
Biden said his administration sees LGBTQ people"for who you are — deserving of dignity, respect, and support."
He condemned the recent slew of bills targeting LGBTQ people's rights considered by state legislatures nationwide. The annual number has skyrocketed in recent years. In 2018, 41 anti-LGBTQ bills were filed in state legislatures, compared to 238 in just the first three months of this year, according to anconducted in March. As of May, more than 320 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced, according to the Human Rights Campaign.
Most of the bills target transgender youth, either by restricting their participation in school sports or limiting their access to certain gender-affirming medical care. So far, 17 states have banned transgender students from participating on school sports teams that align with their gender identities, and three states have enacted measures that ban or restrict access to some transition-related care.
Some of the other legislation, such as a measure recently enacted in Florida, limits classroom discussion of LGBTQ topics, leading critics to call Florida's measure the"Don't Say Gay or Trans" bill.
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