Joe Biden Is First President Elect in History to Acknowledge Transgender Americans in Victory Speech

It’s been 4 years of absolute turmoil for the Transgender community.

President Elect Joe Biden took to the podium in Delaware after a long an arduous election to accept victory in the US Presidential election, narrowly defeating incumbent Donald Trump. The Trump administration has launch a four years long war against LGBTQ Americans, with Transgender people finding ourselves directly in the crosshairs of his administration. From midnight tweets banning Trans people from the military, labeling them “Distractions” and “Burdens” to leveraging Religious Freedom to allow healthcare providers to legally discriminate against sick LGBTQ people in need of care; From challenging our inclusion in the 1964 Civil Rights Act to petitioning the Supreme Court to allow Federal contractors to refuse spousal benefits to same-sex employees we have been forced to dodge the arrows launched from his bough for nearly half a decade.

Thanking the country for electing him to the most powerful seat in the Nation in an election that saw more votes submitted than ever before in history, Transgender Americans did not expect to be acknowledged in his acceptance speech, so it was a startling first from a Man who has sworn to serve as a President to all, vowing to undo the dangerous…