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# Biden vows to protect trans youth
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/biden-vows-to-protect-trans-youth/
- Published: 2020-10-19T09:10:25.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-18T08:03:01.000Z
- Description: US presidential candidate Joe Biden has vowed to protect young trans and gender non-conforming people in America after mother of a transgender girl, Mieke Haeck, asked how he would protect her daughter.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: Election Special, News, Politics, America, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trans Rights, Transgender

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**US** presidential candidate **Joe Biden** has vowed to protect young trans and gender non-conforming people in America after mother of a transgender girl, **Mieke Haeck**, asked how he would protect her daughter during an **ABC News** presidential forum. Haeck pointed out the **Trump** administration had frequently attacked the trans community over the last four years and asked Biden: *“How will you, as president, reverse this dangerous and discriminatory agenda and ensure that the lives and rights of LGBTQ+ people are protected under U.S. law?”*

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Trans rights have been eroded under Trump’s presidency

Biden responded saying he would reverse Trump’s anti-trans policies by ‘flat out changing the law’, adding *“there should be zero discrimination.”* He also spoke directly to Haeck, saying: *“there is no reason to suggest that there should be any right denied your daughter.”* The discussion was the first time LGBTQ+ rights had been explicitly brought up during an official presidential forum and Haeck has been [praised](https://twitter.com/brennansuen/status/1316911988451299330?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1316911988451299330%7Ctwgr%5Eshare%5F3%2Ccontainerclick%5F1&ref%5Furl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.them.us%2Fstory%2Fjoe-biden-town-hall-trans-kids&ref=scenemag.co.uk) for publicly addressing trans rights.

Biden has frequently [promised](https://www.them.us/story/joe-biden-lgbtq-ally-speech?ref=scenemag.co.uk) to fight for LGBTQ+ rights if elected in November, including a vow to ban conversion therapy and allow queer men to donate blood without discrimination. He has also noted the fragility of LGBTQ+ rights under the Trump administration, [saying](https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1316905847499403267?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1316905847499403267%7Ctwgr%5Eshare%5F3%2Ccontainerclick%5F1&ref%5Furl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.them.us%2Fstory%2Fjoe-biden-town-hall-trans-kids&ref=scenemag.co.uk) *“I think there’s great reason to be concerned for the LGBTQ+ community.”*

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