During the Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast, California legislative leader Toni Atkins criticized anti-LGBTQ+ measures being enacted under Trump, arguing they threaten the wellbeing of gay and transgender youth. She called these policies acts that endanger lives and degrade human dignity. Atkins highlighted that the upcoming 2026 gubernatorial campaign will center around defending liberal values and LGBTQ+ rights, stressing that trans individuals deserve love and protection. The LGBTQ+ community is becoming increasingly political, influencing state policies and campaigns significantly, as candidates express their commitment to these rights.
To be a gay or transgender teenager right now, she said, must feel like "a rug has been pulled from beneath your feet."
These aren't just political stunts: These are acts that put lives in danger and strip away basic human dignity.
Cruelty, and an attempt to humiliate, seems to be the point of what they are doing.
The LGBTQ+ community has become a political force in shaping statewide policy and campaigns.
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