BREAKING: President Biden signs executive order aimed at combating anti-LGBTQ bills introduced nationwide. “My message to all the young people: Just be you. You are loved. You are understood. You do belong,” Biden said at a signing ceremony.
, and ask the Federal Trade Commission to consider whether the practice constitutes an unfair or deceptive act.
"We’re in a battle for the soul of the nation," the president said to a group of LGBTQ activists and Democratic lawmakers at a White House signing ceremony Wednesday."And when I look around this room here and at all of you here today, it's a battle I know we will win." Youth Activist Javier Gomez speaks alongside President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden during an event to celebrate Pride Month in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Jun. 15, 2022.
It will also direct the Department of Health and Human Services to expand resources to address LGBTQ youth suicide and homelessness and study barriers same-sex married couples face in accessing government benefits.
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