Commentary

The Electoral College tally ultimately decides the President. In the process, it screwed LGBTQ rights twice in the last 20 years – and it was almost close enough for a third time, too.

Black people are not largely anti-vaxxers, but the high levels of hesitancy are understandable.

Lax enforcement of IRS policies allow anti-LGBTQ hate groups and white nationalists to masquerade as tax-exempt charities, saving them millions in taxes.

The US Chamber of Commerce says it supports LGBTQ equality but it is spending $2 million to support two anti-LGBTQ Republican Senators in their runoff election – and that race will decide the fate of LGBTQ rights.

If challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock defeat the incumbents, Democrats will effectively control the Senate – and end GOP efforts to block LGBTQ advances.

45 has already checked out of the job, but with last-minute regulation changes to a raft of anti-LGBTQ appointees, the Trump administration will continue to cast a long shadow over Biden’s goals.

The secularization of religion strengthens Christian privilege by perpetuating Christian hegemony in such a way as to avoid its detection.

Biden and Harris can help reset the social divisions that have resulted in the destruction of so many lives a virus and by a pandemic of hatred against transgender people.

Barack Obama invited two anti-LGBTQ pastors to deliver prayers at his inaugurations. Biden should remember the separation of church and state.

From feeling out of place in middle America to dealing with a hate crime – that could have been worse – across the pond, there are constant reminders that trans people are not welcomed everywhere.