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Who do we thank for turning Pennsylvania blue? LGBT activists.

Nearly 3 million LGBTQ+ people across the nation were not registered to vote in the 2016 presidential election, according to UCLA’s Williams Institute. That number could explain why Trump won several districts and states by narrow margins.   Specifically, Trump won Pennsylvania by…

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Can Biden undo the damage Trump caused the LGBT community?

For a lot of LGBTQ+ Americans, Joe Biden is the man who fueled the marriage equality movement in its final stretch. His 2012 announcement that he supported same-sex marriage forced President Barack Obama to publicly endorse marriage equality ahead of his…

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Now only 3 states haven’t elected LGBT state legislators.

Despite historic wins in Delaware and Tennessee, there remain at least three states without elected LGBTQ+ representation in their legislatures. Alaska, Louisiana, and Mississippi are the only states without a queer voice in the respective statel egislatures, although the winner…