metro weekly Political support is also not uncommon. We’ve been reporting on them for years. Human Rights Campaign, Victory Fund, Stein Democratic Party, Log Cabin Republican Party… Many organizations have expressed their support, and we have shared their support with our readers over the years.
The exception to this is when you make your own approval. But as an independent publication, we can publish without fear of losing government contracts if we do not bow to a strong candidate. As an advocacy publication that speaks to and works on behalf of the LGBTQ community, we have little intention of claiming any false notions of neutrality, especially during this election cycle. Today, we stand at a major crossroads in the American experiment. metro weekly would like to clarify our position at this point.
We are particularly focused on this as a point of contact for LGBTQ rights advocacy. metro weekly‘s support is driven by, but does not focus on, racism, misogyny, climate, economics, xenophobia, and international conflict. The differences are so obvious that a discussion can be had on just one of these aspects.
metro weeklysupport is not primarily a protest against one candidate, although it certainly is to some extent. In fact, we can’t help but celebrate the Kamala Harris vs. Tim Walz ticket.
Let’s go back to a brief period in 2004. The city of San Francisco was ordered by then-mayor, California Governor Gavin Newsom, to implement marriage equality in the city. On Valentine’s Day that year, San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris officiated at the wedding. bradley witherspoon and raymond cabone. She went out of her way to do it.
In 2013, she served as California Attorney General. issued a statement He explained to the Supreme Court why he would not defend Proposition 8, which would ban marriage equality in the state. “I refuse to defend Proposition 8 because it violates the Constitution. The Supreme Court has said 14 times since 1888 that marriage is a fundamental right. This right should be afforded to all citizens. The time has come.”
Harris has long been a joyous warrior for the LGBTQ community and has publicly supported marriage equality even before former President Barack Obama. He didn’t even have to get paid, unlike if you noticed her husband Doug Emhoff marching through Washington, D.C., as part of the Capital Pride Parade last June. Melania Trump speaks with log cabin Republicans. No presidential candidate has been more of an ally to our community.
Harris’ selection of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate further solidifies her credibility in the community. Waltz is a great advocate in his own right, especially for transgender youth, who are one of MAGA’s metaphorical punching bags. Walz encouraged transgender children at a time when transphobic efforts by right-wing lawmakers have made some states unforgivably hostile toward them. Last year, he signed an executive order protecting them.
“We want all Minnesotans to grow up feeling safe, valued, protected and celebrated, and free to be their authentic selves.” waltz said. “Protecting and supporting access to gender-affirming health care is essential to being a welcoming and supportive nation.”
Harris and Walz offer an unparalleled ticket to the LGBTQ community and present meaningful political histories that shine like stars, especially compared to the dirty black hole of competition.
While we have stated; metro weeklyThe support has been mostly positive, and it’s impossible to just praise the true goodness of the Harris-Walz team. We owe it to ourselves to put on our hip boots and wade into the MAGA quagmire.
Strangely, perhaps perversely, we cannot step into a dangerous world without first recognizing one of our own: Peter Thiel. The gay billionaire, a longtime backer of President Donald Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance, has been making Machiavellian moves behind the scenes. Introducing Trump to Vance at Mar-a-Lago.
Thiel proves that the LGBTQ community is not monolithic. Still, his position in the MAGA camp is a direct insult to the people who made his marriage possible, for example. If you’re as rich as Midas, you probably don’t take into account the trivialities of our ordinary lives.
Turning to Republican candidate Trump, there is an obvious argument to align him with the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 outline for the next right-wing administration. Although President Trump has denied the bigoted book, saying he has “no idea who’s behind it,” it’s terribly public to believe that the book won’t play a role in the second Trump administration. I would have to know. Seriously, if all Trump is bringing to the table is a “planning concept,” he’s going to have to rely on someone else to give him the answers.
And these particular answers are ugly.
Please take a look that chapter About the United States Agency for International Development. above 259 pagesthis blueprint removes any kind of references to “gender”, “gender equality”, “gender equity”, “gender diverse individuals”, “gender aware”, “gender sensitive”, etc. We recommend that government agencies do the same. If you think these references to gender are not targeting the global LGBTQ community, you are willfully ignorant. However, it cannot be ignored that this chapter was written by Max Primorak, a political appointee in the Trump administration.
Richard Severino, who also worked in the Trump administration, gave us a chapter on how to bend the Department of Health and Human Services to MAGA’s wishes. “[The Office for Civil Rights should] Issues a proposed rule that would reinstate the Trump Regulation under Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and explicitly interpret that law to not include sexual orientation or gender identity discrimination. ”
Project 2025 is the bureaucratic equivalent of vandalism spray-painting “GENDER TRAITOR” on the entrances of every LGBTQ community center and similar safe space across the country. The second Trump administration will be on the side of its destroyers.
As the campaign season draws to a close, Trump has also adopted a new nickname for CNN’s famous gay journalist Anderson Cooper. “Alison Cooper” If you can’t relate enough to want to break glass, you’re probably lucky you’ve never been bullied for being queer.
There are many other things that can be taken apart. but why? According to economistvia YouGov, Harris leads Trump by 61 points among “LGB” voters. Perhaps trans Americans feel the same way.
Most of us know what time it is. Most of us favor love and hope over fear and hate. Accordingly, metro weekly He enthusiastically supports Kamala Harris as the presidential candidate and Tim Walz as the vice presidential candidate. Harris Waltz’s victory is extremely important to our community at home and abroad.
Election Day is Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
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