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LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL VOTERS REMA A SOLIDLY DEMOCRATIC BLOC

The average Hillary Clton event has a healthy amount of gay, lbian and transgenr Clton supporters attendance. "If you would have asked me growg up that my parents would accept me for beg gay or that I'd be able to get married, I'd probably lgh, " Hirschy says. "I've been kicked out of tablishments bee I'm gay before, for holdg hands wh my partner, " he says.

Hirschy's state of md — celebratn mixed wh trepidatn — sums up a realy for many gay, lbian and transgenr people this year. And while HB2 North Carola has drawn natnal attentn, some gay rights advot fear the Supreme Court's marriage lg last year allowed many people to assume all the work was done. Several gay rights groups say Clton has the most progrsive, thorough platform on LGBT issu ever.

He pledged to protect LGBT people om terrorism after a shootg that killed dozens of people at a gay club Orlando. Supporters of Republin printial hopeful Donald Tmp, cludg gay rights groups, prott agast alleged bias outsi the CNN offic Hollywood, California on Oct. Yet his words me jt after his party passed a platform that activists lled extremely regrsive on gay rights issu, wh language that fed marriage as "the unn of one man and one woman" and language that activists terpreted to support nversn therapy for gay youth.

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Lbian, gay, bisexual voters rema solidly Democratic | Pew Rearch Center.

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