Trans Voters Will Be Disenfranchised in 2020 Unless We Take Action

Expand People protesting the Trump administration’s policies toward gender and gay rights in New York last year. ©2018 Yana Paskova Today and tomorrow, voters will tune into the first primary debates of the 2020 presidential election. Unless lawmakers take meaningful action, transgender people in the United States will continue to face significant, well-documented barriers in exercising their right to vote. This issue deserves attention now from the candidates. The 2020 contest already stands out for its attention to LGBT rights and voting rights. Pete Buttigieg is the first openly gay candidate to…

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