How LGBTQ+ Voters Can Make an Impact on the U.S. Political LandscapeUnder the Trump administration,
How LGBTQ+ Voters Can Make an Impact on the U.S. Political LandscapeUnder the Trump administration, LGBTQ+ rights and legal protections are being threatened on a daily basis. It’s a scary time, but we’re committed to making change — and we know we’re capable of doing so. To educate queer voters during this midterm election season and ensure that our community is fully informed on politicians, policies, and procedures, them. has collaborated with Google to create our Queer the Vote package.Queer the Vote shows a state-by-state summary of LGBTQ+ legal protections (including the LGBTQ+ population density of each state, as well as which states have housing and employment nondiscrimination protections in place), plus a voter guide with an overview of candidates listed on each state’s ballot, and those politicians’ LGBTQ-friendliness ratings. Gabriel Arana, who worked on creating and building the Queer the Vote package, reminds us that “it can be difficult for individual voters to feel as though their vote matters, but the future of the country often hinges on a handful of votes in key states.”In this week’s episode of The Library, a them. roundtable on LGBTQ+ news and culture, Arana joins Teen Vogue Executive Editor Samhita Mukhopadhyay and News and Politics News Editor Lucy Diavolo, as well as Voices4 founder Adam Eli to discuss the midterms and Queer the Vote. “When you are voting, you’re not just voting for your rights or the rights of your friends — you’re voting for the rights of queer people all over the world,” says Eli. To learn more about how to vote in your state, and policies affecting LGBTQ+ people nationwide, check out the full episode above and the Queer the Vote package here.See the video: them.us -- source link
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