Billy Porter is giving us political realness with his LGBTQ SOTU! 👏
-- Porter's message was delivered with gravitas as the star stood stoically behind a glass podium, between a rainbow flag and an American flag.
Porter then detailed what he deemed to be malicious attacks leveled against the LGBTQ community by Trump, including his support for and expansion of the"conscience rule" that would allow health care professionals to"discriminate against queer people," his tweeted proclamation banning transgender people from serving in the armed forces, and his removal of funding for federally funded homeless shelters for trans individuals.
"This heinous violence against trans people, which disproportionately affects trans women of color is nothing short of an epidemic," Porter explained."We must confront it as a community and as a country, and we must elect officials who recognize it for the crisis that it is." Still, Porter concluded his speech with a message of hope, and pointed to the many shining beacons of light in the darkness.
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