and gave a speech on the problem you mention if I recall . . I'll post a link if I find one

and forced his hand to accept the cause.

Hint, it wasn't bernie.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden declared Saturday that the Equality Act would be his top legislative priority, an effort to enshrine LGBTQ protections into the nation’s labor and civil rights laws.

The former vice president shared his hopes of signing the legislation as part of a keynote address to hundreds of activists at the Human Rights Campaign’s annual Ohio gala on the first day of Pride Month. In a half-hour at the lectern, his remarks ranged from emotional tributes to his audience and their personal endurance to condemnations of President Donald Trump.

“It’s wrong and it is immoral what they’re doing,” Biden said of the Trump administration. Among other Trump polices, he cited attempts to bar transgender troops in the U.S. military, allow individuals in the medical field to refuse to treat LGBTQ individuals, and allow homeless shelters to refuse transgender occupants.

“Just like with racial justice and women’s rights, we are seeing pushback against all the progress we’ve made toward equality,” Biden said.

https://apnews.com/ab96c4d9b3a84ef9b10598781ff38e93

He spoke of his mother and then I thought he said something about his father leaving. Does anyone know the story on that? If he left because he was ashamed, shame on him.

we need a ticket that is balance by race and gender, but wouldn't it be great to have a Biden/Buttigieg administration?

He could relate to like he did with Obama.

...and they devoted the rest of their lives to working for gay rights. On the other hand, while attending college in Europe with his partner, his partner told HIS parents he was gay. They disowned him. My brother got home one afternoon after classes and found him hanging in the closet.

So sad.

This was almost 40 years ago. Hopefully parents are different today.

I'm shaken by that story.

Must keep fighting for inclusion and acceptance!

...to talk. He took me to a bar in Murray Hill (East 30s of Manhattan) and we had a GREAT time. A different style of music, but it was like the club in "The Birdcage". Everyone had such a good time, they were among their own and didn't have to worry about people looking down at them. I got a totally different perspective of his lifestyle. We grew so much closer that night.

My heart breaks for your brother and your brothers partner. 40 years or not, that's still awful.

elected is horrific...she has been suicidal. It is so important to me to get rid of Trump and the GOP haters. I won't breathe easy until, Trump is gone. I fear for my daughter everyday. Also, I am so sorry this happened to your brother and his boyfriend. One of the reasons I am glad that Pete ran is it another step toward equality for LGBTQ.

...that people get abused for who they are.

I pray that Biden wins and that Buttigieg gets a major position in his administration. That would do SO much for LGBTQ rights, even if it's only symbolic (although it certainly won't be so)

I am so sorry that your brother and your family went through this. As a teen myself, people were very rarely coming out, but occasionally, and it was horrific. My mom, who was a devout Catholic (and this was not yet accepted by the church) said to me one day, “These kids are getting killed or killing themselves. It’s not a choice. Nobody makes a choice as a teenager to suffer. It’s hard enough.”
I have 3 siblings. I think she was giving us the all clear, in her own way. She also made sure my sisters and I went on the pill when we turned 16. She’s kind of prudish, but I guess she was no fool, either.
That people still insist young people make this choice, which is so very difficult, and often leads to stories like yours, saddens me beyond words.
Here’s to you brother’s partner. 🍻

brother's partner, George.. and your brother.

How wonderful to have parents like you did!

I'm so sorry. I just don't see how a parent can be so cruel to their own child.

just oodles and oodles of class.

Tonight am feeling that old feeling of FIRED UP and READY TO GO again ... first time after enduring a long and cold and scary darkness in America.

Biden has spoken so fondly of Beau, and I know he wouldn't make a comment like that lightly.

Joe.

I remember one time on Meet the Press, Biden made a comment supporting gay marriage. It was at a time when Obama had not made statements supporting it & Biden's comment forced Obama to make a similar statement

I never have understood why a parent could turn away from their kid just because he or she became gay! That is not a situation that any kid should be forced into!

All the feels.

And from the look on Pete’s face, he was feeling a few things too.

Thanks Joe.

Thank goodness I lived to see these wonderful things take place!

Link to tweet

during a time of a lot of hand wringing over America isn't ready or whatever. Joe was ready.

I have to give him credit for leading on many important issues despite his gaffes and mistakes.

... people need to stop thinking of our LGBT brothers and sisters predominantly because of their gender/sex... it's not the most important way to compare people! Pete has been compared to Obama, also. Cheers to Joe Biden for the comparison!