President-elect Biden thanks his “gay, straight, transgender” supporters in historic victory moment

President-Elect Joe Biden & Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris
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Finally able to give their election victory speeches Saturday night, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris made sure to note how historic, diverse, and groundbreaking their campaign for the White House has been.

“And to all those who supported us,” Biden said during his 15 minutes of remarks, “I am proud of the campaign we built and ran I am proud of the coalition we put together, the broadest and most diverse in history. Democrats, Republicans and Independents. Progressives, moderates and conservatives….Gay, straight, transgender.”

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Biden’s speech is another precedent-setting first: he is the first President or President-elect to mention trans people in official remarks. It seems that the eventual 46th President is beginning to follow through with his campaign promise to trans people that he believes “that Trans Lives Matter,” as he wrote in an article for LGBTQ Nation last month.

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