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# Biden condemns Trump for not protecting trans community
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/biden-condemns-trump-for-not-protecting-trans-community/
- Published: 2020-10-17T10:30:54.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-17T07:34:32.000Z
- Description: US presidential candidate Joe Biden has criticised Donald Trump for ignoring the increasing rates of violence against the trans and gender non-conforming community.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: Election Special, News, Politics, Brooklyn DeShuna Smith, Donald Trump, Human Rights Campaign, Joe Biden, LGBTQ, National Coming Out Day, Trans Rights, Transgender

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US presidential candidate **Joe Biden** has criticised **Donald Trump** for ignoring the increasing rates of violence against the trans and gender non-conforming community. Biden was featured in a **National Coming Out Day** [event](https://watch.revry.tv/player/33157/stream?assetType=movies&playlist%5Fid=559&ref=scenemag.co.uk) hosted by LGBTQ+ streaming service **Revry**, where he said: *“For four years Donald Trump has tried to roll back to protections for the LGBTQ+ community: denying access to health care, denying transgender Americans a chance to serve our country, letting adoption agencies and homeless shelters and other public services discriminate, and turning a blind eye to the epidemic of violence against transgender women of color.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/angry_trump_600-400.jpg)

He argued *“the White House should never be a source of opposition or fear or oppression. It should be a source of hope and moral courage and unification.”* Biden also [tweeted](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/joe-biden-shares-message-of-solidarity-with-the-lgbtq-community/) in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community on National Coming Out Day, saying *“I’ll fight every day in the White House to create a country where you can live open, proud, and free — without fear.”*

Biden’s criticism of Trump came days after 2020 became the deadliest year on record for trans Americans, with 32 reported murders. The death of **[Brooklyn DeShuna Smith](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/black-trans-woman-killed-in-louisiana/)** is the most recent incident of violence against the trans community after she was found dead in Louisiana. The majority of the victims were black trans women like Smith. **Tori Cooper,** the director of community engagement for the transgender justice initiative at the **Human Rights Campaign (HCR)**, said: *“With the news of Brooklyn’s death, we’ve now seen more trans and gender non-conforming people killed this year since we began tracking these deaths in 2013\. This violence is horrific, and it must be stopped.”*

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