WASHINGTON, D.C. — Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, and Silver State Equality, Nevada’s statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights advocacy nonprofit, announced on Tuesday the endorsement of Kamala Harris for President following the announcement that President Joe Biden would not seek reelection. Equality California Executive Director Tony Hoang and Silver State Equality State Director André Wade offered the following statement:
“We are eternally grateful to President Joe Biden for putting what is best for America above all else, and opening the door for Vice President Kamala Harris to become the presumptive Democratic nominee. This announcement has energized voters in California and Nevada, and we are proud to join the rapidly-growing chorus of voices endorsing Kamala Harris for President. Equality California has a long and fruitful relationship with the Vice President, dating back to her time as San Francisco’s District Attorney where she worked with then-Mayor Gavin Newsom to clear the way for the first same-sex marriages in the nation to be performed at SF City Hall. Throughout her political career — from District Attorney, to California Attorney General, to United States Senator and Vice President — she has consistently worked for the betterment of the LGBTQ+ community. We have seen her commitment to LGBTQ+ equality firsthand — from her decision not to defend Proposition 8 to her work to ban the “gay and trans panic” defense to her work in the Senate to enact a federal lynching ban and expand access to life-saving HIV prevention medications PrEP and PEP. Throughout her career, Vice President Harris has exemplified what it means to be an ally to the LGBTQ+ community Our primary objective must be defeating Donald Trump and J.D. Vance this November. Both candidates pose an existential threat to democracy, evidenced by their support of extremist agendas such as Project 2025 — which spells out in chilling detail processes to dismantle governmental checks and balances, reverse all progress made by LGBTQ+ people, and threaten reproductive choice and bodily autonomy. At a time of unprecedented anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and hate violence directed at our community, it is more important than ever before to have strong champions for LGBTQ+ equality in the White House. Equality California and Silver State Equality are committed to getting out the vote for presumptive nominee Harris this fall and ensuring that pro-equality champions are elected up and down the ballot to continue building a world that is healthy, just, and fully equal for all people. We look forward to making history and electing the nation’s first female and first Indian-American President in November.”
“We are eternally grateful to President Joe Biden for putting what is best for America above all else, and opening the door for Vice President Kamala Harris to become the presumptive Democratic nominee. This announcement has energized voters in California and Nevada, and we are proud to join the rapidly-growing chorus of voices endorsing Kamala Harris for President.
Equality California has a long and fruitful relationship with the Vice President, dating back to her time as San Francisco’s District Attorney where she worked with then-Mayor Gavin Newsom to clear the way for the first same-sex marriages in the nation to be performed at SF City Hall. Throughout her political career — from District Attorney, to California Attorney General, to United States Senator and Vice President — she has consistently worked for the betterment of the LGBTQ+ community.
We have seen her commitment to LGBTQ+ equality firsthand — from her decision not to defend Proposition 8 to her work to ban the “gay and trans panic” defense to her work in the Senate to enact a federal lynching ban and expand access to life-saving HIV prevention medications PrEP and PEP. Throughout her career, Vice President Harris has exemplified what it means to be an ally to the LGBTQ+ community
Our primary objective must be defeating Donald Trump and J.D. Vance this November. Both candidates pose an existential threat to democracy, evidenced by their support of extremist agendas such as Project 2025 — which spells out in chilling detail processes to dismantle governmental checks and balances, reverse all progress made by LGBTQ+ people, and threaten reproductive choice and bodily autonomy.
At a time of unprecedented anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and hate violence directed at our community, it is more important than ever before to have strong champions for LGBTQ+ equality in the White House. Equality California and Silver State Equality are committed to getting out the vote for presumptive nominee Harris this fall and ensuring that pro-equality champions are elected up and down the ballot to continue building a world that is healthy, just, and fully equal for all people. We look forward to making history and electing the nation’s first female and first Indian-American President in November.”
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Equality California is the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization. We bring the voices of LGBTQ people and allies to institutions of power in California and across the United States, striving to create a world that is healthy, just, and fully equal for all LGBTQ people. We advance civil rights and social justice by inspiring, advocating and mobilizing through an inclusive movement that works tirelessly on behalf of those we serve. www.eqca.org
