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# Joe Biden shares message of solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/joe-biden-shares-message-of-solidarity-with-the-lgbtq-community/
- Published: 2020-10-13T13:14:15.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-15T11:06:56.000Z
- Description: 2020 US presidential candidate Joe Biden shared a message of solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community on National Coming Out Day: Sunday 11 October.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Queer Corner, Coming Out, Joe Biden, LGBTQ, National Coming Out Day, Pride

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2020 US presidential candidate **Joe Biden** shared a message of solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community on National Coming Out Day: **Sunday 11 October**. Biden[ tweeted](https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1315321762524127240?ref=scenemag.co.uk): *“I want every member of the LGBTQ+ community to know you are loved and accepted just as you are — whether you’ve come out or not. I’ll fight every day in the White House to create a country where you can live open, proud, and free — without fear.”*

His message was praised by many Twitter users, with [one](https://twitter.com/troonster/status/1315485435334852609?ref=scenemag.co.uk) thanking him for ‘all he is doing’ for America. Another[ referred](https://twitter.com/Cowboyzion01/status/1315509198785044481?ref=scenemag.co.uk) to him as the future president and thanked him for his words of support for the LGBTQ+ community.

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Biden has vowed to create more LGBTQ+ inclusive policies if voted in on November 3\. At a Human Rights Campaign gathering in September, reported by **[NBC](https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/biden-lgbtq-advocates-you-deserve-partner-white-house-n1241016?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**, he said *“together we’ll pass the Equality Act, protect LGBTQ youth, expand access to health care, support LGBTQ+ workers, win full rights for transgender Americans, recommit to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2025, advance LGBTQ+ rights around the globe, not just at home.”*