President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s reelection campaign launched “Out for Biden-Harris” on Wednesday, an initiative to mobilize “LGBTQ+” voters.
“LGBTQ+ Americans couldn’t have more at stake this election: Donald Trump and his extremist allies are running to gut LGBTQ+ rights and erase history as their top priorities. LGBTQ+ Americans deserve leaders who will fight for every American’s freedom and dignity,” campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez told The Advocate. “That’s what President Biden and Vice President Harris have done throughout their time in office, and what they will do if reelected, including pressing Congress to pass the Equality Act.”
A video announcing the new initiative shows footage of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, and Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel (previously “Richard”) Levine as Kamala Harris states that President Biden “elevated LGBTQI+ leaders to every level of our administration.”
Chavez Rodriguez added that “LGBTQ+ voters are a force to be reckoned with” who were “critical to our victory in 2020” and “will be critical to winning again this November.”
The Out for Biden-Harris initiative will host a series of “virtual relational organizing trainings” for “new volunteers targeting battleground voters” and will rely on messengers like drag queen performer “Brita Filter,” the Washington Blade reported. The campaign initiative plans to host events in key swing states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
The Equality PAC, Human Rights Campaign PAC, and the National Center for Transgender Equality Action Fund endorsed the Biden-Harris presidential campaign for 2024 in October.
“LGBTQ+ Americans are living in a state of emergency and the leadership of the Biden-Harris Administration is needed now more than ever,” said Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson in 2023.
Over 7 percent of all adults and 22 percent of Generation Z in the United States claim a sexual orientation other than heterosexual, according to a Gallup poll released in March.