Biden condemns 'hysterical' and 'ugly' anti-LGBTQ measures
The president called legislative efforts to restrict LGBTQ rights "cruel and callous." President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled new initiatives to support LGBTQ Americans and called recent anti-trans efforts "thoroughly unjustified" and "ugly." Biden was set to host the White House's largest-ever Pride celebration but had to postpone due to the heavy smoke that inundated Washington, as well as other major U.S. cities, from raging Canadian wildfires. Instead, he discussed the initiatives during a press conference with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak when asked about his message to families who no longer feel safe amid increasing legislative onslaughts in Republican-led states. MORE: Threats against the LGBTQIA+ community intensifying: Department of Homeland Security Biden, who first touted his administration's work to reverse the transgender Military ban and his signing of the Respect for Marriage Act, slammed the effort to rollback such protec...