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• WARREN WAS ASKED ABOUT FAH AND GAY MARRIAGE. HER RPONSE WENT VIRAL.
• EXCLIVE: ELIZABETH WARREN DELV DEEPER INTO HER LGBTQ AGENDA"I WOULD FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO GET LAWS PASSED LIKE THE EQUALY ACT," THE SENATOR TELLS 'NEWNOWNEXT'.{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY NI LANGMAY 21, 2019/9:16 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2826PX;WIDTH:4500PX;}MANDEL NGAN/AFP/GETTY IMAGDEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL NDIDATE ELIZABETH WARREN GTUR AS SHE SPEAKS DURG A MPAIGN STOP AT GEE MASON UNIVERSY FAIRFAX, VIRGIA ON MAY 16, 2019. (PHOTO BY MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ MANDEL NGAN/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY NI LANGMAY 21, 2019 / 9:16 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"EXCLIVE: ELIZABETH WARREN DELV DEEPER INTO HER LGBTQ AGENDA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-05-21T13:16:52.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-05-21T13:16:52.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"NI LANG","KEYWORDS":"ELECTN","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ELIZABETH WARREN HAS A PLAN FOR LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAYS AFTER THE U.S. HOE OF REPRENTATIV PASSED THE EQUALY ACT A HISTORIC 236-TO-173 VOTE, THE MASSACHETTS SENATOR AND 2020 PRINTIAL NDIDATE REAFFIRMED HER BELIEF FULL EQUALY FOR GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE UNR THE LAW. IN A STATEMENT SHARED EXCLIVELY WH NEWNOWNEXT, WARREN CLAIMED SHE WOULD “FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL … TO BAN DISCRIMATN AGAST LGBTQ DIVIDUALS EMPLOYMENT, HOG, AND HEALTHRE” IF ELECTED TO THE OVAL OFFICE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“OUR LGBTQ IENDS ACROSS THE UNTRY NTUE TO FACE DISCRIMATN AT WORK, AT SCHOOL, AND THEIR MUNI,” WARREN CLAIMED AN EMAIL, JUXTAPOSG HER PLAN FOR EQUALY WH THE STEADY EROSN OF LGBTQ RIGHTS UNR THE CURRENT ADMISTRATN. “AT EVERY TURN, PRINT TMP AND HIS RIGHT-WG ALLI HAVE BEEN DOG WHATEVER THEY N TO UNRAVEL THEIR RIGHTS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF PASSED, THE EQUALY ACT GO EVEN FURTHER THAN PROTECTG LGBTQ PEOPLE THE THREE AREAS THAT WARREN HIGHLIGHTED. SPONSORED BY U.S. HOE REP. DAVID CICILLE (D-R.I.), THE LEGISLATN WOULD GUARANTEE EQUAL TREATMENT FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE ALL FORMS OF PUBLIC LIFE—CLUDG THE JURY SYSTEM, TN, FERAL FUNDG, CRED, AND PUBLIC ACMODATNS. UNR SUCH A LAW, TRANSGENR PEOPLE ACROSS THE U.S. WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO ACCS PUBLIC RTROOMS AND FACILI THAT ALIGN WH THEIR LIVED GENR INTI.RICK FRIEDMAN/ VIA GETTY IMAGUS SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN (D-MA) MARCHG THE BOSTON PRI PARA BOSTON, MA ON JUNE 8, 2013. THE 2 HOUR PARA TRAVELLED THROUGH THE BACK BAY AND SOUTH END NEIGHBORHOODS OF BOSTON. (PHOTO BY RICK FRIEDMAN/ VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN AT THE BOSTON PRI PARA, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH THE MAJORY OF AMERINS THK THAT LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE ALREADY ENJOY FULL EQUALY UNR THE LAW, DIVIDUALS N STILL BE FIRED OM THEIR JOBS, NIED HOG, OR REFED BATHROOM ACCS BEE OF THEIR INTY 29 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WARREN HAS PREVLY NFIRMED HER SUPPORT FOR THE GROUNDBREAKG LEGISLATN, AS HAVE THE MAJORY OF DEMOCRATIC NDIDAT NNG FOR THE WHE HOE 2020. AFTER TMP ME OUT AGAST THE EQUALY ACT LAST WEEK, SHE TWEETED THAT “NOBODY SHOULD BE DISCRIMATED AGAST FOR WHO THEY ARE OR WHO THEY LOVE—PERD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, WARREN SAYS HER PLAN TO RTORE LGBTQ RIGHTS DON’T STOP WH FERAL NONDISCRIMATN LAWS. WHEN NEWNOWNEXT ASKED THE NDIDATE WHAT SHE WOULD DO ON DAY ONE IF ELECTED TO THE WHE HOE NEXT NOVEMBER, SHE CLAIMS THAT SHE WOULD “REVERSE THE STATE DEPARTMENT’S CISN TO NY VISAS TO UNMARRIED SAME-SEX PARTNERS OF FOREIGN DIPLOMATS,” A NTROVERSIAL POLICY FIRST ANNOUNCED OCTOBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT CISN EFFECTIVELY FORCED FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND U.N. REPRENTATIV STATNED THE U.S. TO MARRY THEIR PARTNERS IF THEY WISHED TO KEEP OM BEG SEPARATED. SUCH AN OPTN, HOWEVER, IS NOT OPEN TO EVERY SAME-SEX UPLE: MARRIAGE EQUALY IS ONLY LEGAL TWO DOZEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CRICS OF THE POLICY WERE NCERNED THAT PARTNERS PORTED UNR THE POLICY ULD FACE HARASSMENT, DISCRIMATN, OR EVEN VLENCE UNTRI WHICH HAVE YET TO ALLOW UPL TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE TIME, WARREN LLED THE CISN “CEL AND DISCRIMATORY,” TWEETG THAT “DO NOTHG TO ENHANCE OUR NATNAL SECURY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO WARREN, SHE WOULD ALSO FIGHT TO “PROTECT CIVIL RIGHTS FOR TRANSGENR PEOPLE AND REVERSE THE TMP ADMISTRATN'S TRANSGENR ARY BAN,” OF WHICH SHE HAS BEEN A VOL CRIC. IN A THREAD RPONDG TO A JULY 2017 TWEETSTORM ANNOUNCG THE PRINT’S TENTN TO BAN TRANS PEOPLE OM SERVG OPENLY THE U.S. ARMED FORC, SHE CLAIMED THE POTUS HAD MA “CLEAR THAT HE R MORE ABOUT EXTREME IOLOGY THAN ARY READS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE ONLY THG—ONLY THG—THAT MATTERS WHEN TO ALLOWG ARY PERSONNEL TO SERVE IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY N HANDLE THE JOB,” SHE WROTE. “[TMP] N PRETEND THIS IS A ARY CISN, BUT ISN'T. BANNG TROOPS ON GENR INTY IS SHAMEFUL & MAK LS SAFE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN THE AMERIN MEDIL ASSOCIATN NMNED THE BAN AN APRIL 2019 STATEMENT CLAIMG THERE’S NO “MEDILLY VALID REASON” TO BLOCK TRANS PEOPLE OM SERVG, WARREN REERATED HER OPPOSN TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE’LL STAND WH SERVICE MEMBERS AND FIGHT THIS CELTY WH EVERYTHG WE’VE GOT,” SHE SAID ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TRANS ARY BAN WENT TO EFFECT ON APRIL 12 FOLLOWG A JANUARY LG OM THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ALLOWG ENFORCEMENT OF THE POLICY. PRR TO THE 5-4 VERDICT, THE POLICY HAD BEEN BLOCKED A SERI OF DISTRICT URT LGS. JUDGE COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, WHO ISSUED A FERAL JUNCTN AGAST THE BAN OCTOBER 2017, CLAIMED DO “NOT APPEAR TO BE SUPPORTED BY ANY FACTS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A RAND CORPORATN STUDY NDUCTED A YEAR EARLIER FOUND THAT ALLOWG TRANSGENR PEOPLE TO ENLIST THE ARY WOULD HAVE MIMAL IMPACT ON UN HN OR TROOP READS, SPE TMP’S FEARS OF “TREMENDO MEDIL STS AND DISPTN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HER STATEMENT, WARREN ALSO LLED TO END “DISCRIMATN AGAST GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WHO WISH TO DONATE BLOOD,” POTG TO THE ONE-YEAR FERRAL PERD FOR QUEER MALE BLOOD DONORS ENFORCED BY ANIZATNS LIKE THE U.S. FOOD & DG ADMISTRATN (FDA) AND THE RED CROSS. ALTHOUGH FENRS OF THE POLICY CLAIM THAT MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN (MSMS) ARE MORE LIKELY TO TT POSIVE FOR HIV/AIDS, THE PRENCE OF THE VIS N BE TECTED THE BLOODSTREAM WH AS LTLE AS SEVEN DAYS AFTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WARREN ALSO LLED TO “BAN THE SPIBLE PRACTICE OF NVERSN THERAPY NATNWI,” A DISCREDED FORM OF TREATMENT SHE HAS PREVLY CED AS “DANGERO AND CEL.” IN APRIL 2017, THE LAWMAKER WAS ONE OF 20 DEMOCRATS BEHD THE RETRODUCTN OF THE THERAPTIC FRD PREVENTN ACT, WHICH WOULD CLASSIFY ANY ATTEMPT TO “CHANGE” THE SEXUAL ORIENTATN OR GENR INTY OF LGBTQ YOUTH AS “D.” SHE WAS JOED THE EFFORT BY FELLOW 2020 HOPEFULS CORY BOOKER (D-N.J.), KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND (D-N.Y.), KAMALA HARRIS (D-CALIF.), AND BERNIE SANRS (I-VT.).MANDEL NGAN/AFP/GETTY IMAGDEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL NDIDATE ELIZABETH WARREN GTUR AS SHE ARRIV ON STAGE TO SPEAK DURG A MPAIGN STOP AT GEE MASON UNIVERSY FAIRFAX, VIRGIA ON MAY 16, 2019. (PHOTO BY MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ MANDEL NGAN/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN AT A RALLY GEE MASON UNIVERSY FAIRFAX, VIRGIA, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LASTLY, WARREN REERATED SUPPORT FOR ANOTHER PIECE OF LEGISLATN SHE SPONSORED: THE REFUND EQUALY ACT, WHICH IS TEND TO ROLVE ISSU SAME-SEX MARRIED UPL FACE WHEN FILG JOTLY ON TAX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PROGRSIVE NDIDATE HAS LONG BEEN REFERRED TO AS AN “ALLY” THE MOVEMENT FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS, FIRST G OUT PUBLICLY FAVOR OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DECEMBER 2011 DURG HER SUCCSFUL MPAIGN FOR THE U.S. SENATE. SHE ME OUT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALY MONTHS BEFORE PRINT BARACK OBAMA AND FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLTON DID THE SAME. IN A FEBARY 2019 ARTICLE GRADG WARREN’S RERD ON EQUALY, THE ADVOTE CLAIMED THERE WAS “LTLE TO BATE … ABOUT HER SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS,” LLG HER “A PERSISTENT CHAMPN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN JANUARY, WARREN APOLOGIZED FOR WHAT THKPROGRS LLED THE “ONE BLEMISH” ON HER LGBTQ RIGHTS RERD: HER OPPOSN TO MEDIL RE FOR TRANSGENR MAT. IN 2012, SHE CLAIMED THAT GENR NFIRMG SURGERI FOR TRANS PEOPLE BEHD BARS WASN’T A “GOOD E OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT AFTER YEARS OF CLG TO ADDRS THE GAFFE, WARREN CLAIMED SHE HAD EVOLVED ON THE ISSUE AN EMAIL TO THE LIBERAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SENATOR WARREN SUPPORTS ACCS TO MEDILLY NECSARY SERVIC, CLUDG TRANSN-RELATED SURGERI,” CLAIMED AN UNNAMED SPOKPERSON FOR HER 2020 EXPLORATORY MTEE. “THIS CLUS PROCR TAKG PLACE AT THE VA, THE ARY, OR AT RRECTNAL FACILI.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WARREN CURRENTLY SS THIRD THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, ACRDG TO POLLG AVERAG OM REALCLEARPOLICS. FORMER VICE PRINT JOE BIN HOLDS A FORTABLE LEAD WH 38.3% OF THE VOTE, FOLLOWED BY BERNIE SANRS AT 18.8%. WARREN BOASTS 8.5%, AHEAD OF KAMALA HARRIS (7.3%) AND OPENLY GAY SOUTH BEND MAYOR PETE BUTTGIEG (7%). TRACKG SHOWS WARREN HAS BEEN STEADILY GAG GROUND SCE JANUARY 1. AT THE BEGNG OF THE YEAR, SHE TRAILED FIFTH PLACE—WH 4.3%.{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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WARREN WAS ASKED ABOUT FAH AND GAY MARRIAGE. HER RPONSE WENT VIRAL.

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EXCLIVE: ELIZABETH WARREN DELV DEEPER INTO HER LGBTQ AGENDA"I WOULD FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO GET LAWS PASSED LIKE THE EQUALY ACT," THE SENATOR TELLS 'NEWNOWNEXT'.{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY NI LANGMAY 21, 2019/9:16 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2826PX;WIDTH:4500PX;}MANDEL NGAN/AFP/GETTY IMAGDEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL NDIDATE ELIZABETH WARREN GTUR AS SHE SPEAKS DURG A MPAIGN STOP AT GEE MASON UNIVERSY FAIRFAX, VIRGIA ON MAY 16, 2019. (PHOTO BY MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ MANDEL NGAN/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY NI LANGMAY 21, 2019 / 9:16 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"EXCLIVE: ELIZABETH WARREN DELV DEEPER INTO HER LGBTQ AGENDA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-05-21T13:16:52.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-05-21T13:16:52.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"NI LANG","KEYWORDS":"ELECTN","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ELIZABETH WARREN HAS A PLAN FOR LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAYS AFTER THE U.S. HOE OF REPRENTATIV PASSED THE EQUALY ACT A HISTORIC 236-TO-173 VOTE, THE MASSACHETTS SENATOR AND 2020 PRINTIAL NDIDATE REAFFIRMED HER BELIEF FULL EQUALY FOR GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE UNR THE LAW. IN A STATEMENT SHARED EXCLIVELY WH NEWNOWNEXT, WARREN CLAIMED SHE WOULD “FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL … TO BAN DISCRIMATN AGAST LGBTQ DIVIDUALS EMPLOYMENT, HOG, AND HEALTHRE” IF ELECTED TO THE OVAL OFFICE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“OUR LGBTQ IENDS ACROSS THE UNTRY NTUE TO FACE DISCRIMATN AT WORK, AT SCHOOL, AND THEIR MUNI,” WARREN CLAIMED AN EMAIL, JUXTAPOSG HER PLAN FOR EQUALY WH THE STEADY EROSN OF LGBTQ RIGHTS UNR THE CURRENT ADMISTRATN. “AT EVERY TURN, PRINT TMP AND HIS RIGHT-WG ALLI HAVE BEEN DOG WHATEVER THEY N TO UNRAVEL THEIR RIGHTS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF PASSED, THE EQUALY ACT GO EVEN FURTHER THAN PROTECTG LGBTQ PEOPLE THE THREE AREAS THAT WARREN HIGHLIGHTED. SPONSORED BY U.S. HOE REP. DAVID CICILLE (D-R.I.), THE LEGISLATN WOULD GUARANTEE EQUAL TREATMENT FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE ALL FORMS OF PUBLIC LIFE—CLUDG THE JURY SYSTEM, TN, FERAL FUNDG, CRED, AND PUBLIC ACMODATNS. UNR SUCH A LAW, TRANSGENR PEOPLE ACROSS THE U.S. WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO ACCS PUBLIC RTROOMS AND FACILI THAT ALIGN WH THEIR LIVED GENR INTI.RICK FRIEDMAN/ VIA GETTY IMAGUS SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN (D-MA) MARCHG THE BOSTON PRI PARA BOSTON, MA ON JUNE 8, 2013. THE 2 HOUR PARA TRAVELLED THROUGH THE BACK BAY AND SOUTH END NEIGHBORHOODS OF BOSTON. (PHOTO BY RICK FRIEDMAN/ VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN AT THE BOSTON PRI PARA, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH THE MAJORY OF AMERINS THK THAT LGBTQ PEOPLE ARE ALREADY ENJOY FULL EQUALY UNR THE LAW, DIVIDUALS N STILL BE FIRED OM THEIR JOBS, NIED HOG, OR REFED BATHROOM ACCS BEE OF THEIR INTY 29 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WARREN HAS PREVLY NFIRMED HER SUPPORT FOR THE GROUNDBREAKG LEGISLATN, AS HAVE THE MAJORY OF DEMOCRATIC NDIDAT NNG FOR THE WHE HOE 2020. AFTER TMP ME OUT AGAST THE EQUALY ACT LAST WEEK, SHE TWEETED THAT “NOBODY SHOULD BE DISCRIMATED AGAST FOR WHO THEY ARE OR WHO THEY LOVE—PERD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, WARREN SAYS HER PLAN TO RTORE LGBTQ RIGHTS DON’T STOP WH FERAL NONDISCRIMATN LAWS. WHEN NEWNOWNEXT ASKED THE NDIDATE WHAT SHE WOULD DO ON DAY ONE IF ELECTED TO THE WHE HOE NEXT NOVEMBER, SHE CLAIMS THAT SHE WOULD “REVERSE THE STATE DEPARTMENT’S CISN TO NY VISAS TO UNMARRIED SAME-SEX PARTNERS OF FOREIGN DIPLOMATS,” A NTROVERSIAL POLICY FIRST ANNOUNCED OCTOBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT CISN EFFECTIVELY FORCED FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND U.N. REPRENTATIV STATNED THE U.S. TO MARRY THEIR PARTNERS IF THEY WISHED TO KEEP OM BEG SEPARATED. SUCH AN OPTN, HOWEVER, IS NOT OPEN TO EVERY SAME-SEX UPLE: MARRIAGE EQUALY IS ONLY LEGAL TWO DOZEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CRICS OF THE POLICY WERE NCERNED THAT PARTNERS PORTED UNR THE POLICY ULD FACE HARASSMENT, DISCRIMATN, OR EVEN VLENCE UNTRI WHICH HAVE YET TO ALLOW UPL TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE TIME, WARREN LLED THE CISN “CEL AND DISCRIMATORY,” TWEETG THAT “DO NOTHG TO ENHANCE OUR NATNAL SECURY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO WARREN, SHE WOULD ALSO FIGHT TO “PROTECT CIVIL RIGHTS FOR TRANSGENR PEOPLE AND REVERSE THE TMP ADMISTRATN'S TRANSGENR ARY BAN,” OF WHICH SHE HAS BEEN A VOL CRIC. IN A THREAD RPONDG TO A JULY 2017 TWEETSTORM ANNOUNCG THE PRINT’S TENTN TO BAN TRANS PEOPLE OM SERVG OPENLY THE U.S. ARMED FORC, SHE CLAIMED THE POTUS HAD MA “CLEAR THAT HE R MORE ABOUT EXTREME IOLOGY THAN ARY READS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE ONLY THG—ONLY THG—THAT MATTERS WHEN TO ALLOWG ARY PERSONNEL TO SERVE IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY N HANDLE THE JOB,” SHE WROTE. “[TMP] N PRETEND THIS IS A ARY CISN, BUT ISN'T. BANNG TROOPS ON GENR INTY IS SHAMEFUL & MAK LS SAFE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN THE AMERIN MEDIL ASSOCIATN NMNED THE BAN AN APRIL 2019 STATEMENT CLAIMG THERE’S NO “MEDILLY VALID REASON” TO BLOCK TRANS PEOPLE OM SERVG, WARREN REERATED HER OPPOSN TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE’LL STAND WH SERVICE MEMBERS AND FIGHT THIS CELTY WH EVERYTHG WE’VE GOT,” SHE SAID ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TRANS ARY BAN WENT TO EFFECT ON APRIL 12 FOLLOWG A JANUARY LG OM THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ALLOWG ENFORCEMENT OF THE POLICY. PRR TO THE 5-4 VERDICT, THE POLICY HAD BEEN BLOCKED A SERI OF DISTRICT URT LGS. JUDGE COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, WHO ISSUED A FERAL JUNCTN AGAST THE BAN OCTOBER 2017, CLAIMED DO “NOT APPEAR TO BE SUPPORTED BY ANY FACTS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A RAND CORPORATN STUDY NDUCTED A YEAR EARLIER FOUND THAT ALLOWG TRANSGENR PEOPLE TO ENLIST THE ARY WOULD HAVE MIMAL IMPACT ON UN HN OR TROOP READS, SPE TMP’S FEARS OF “TREMENDO MEDIL STS AND DISPTN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HER STATEMENT, WARREN ALSO LLED TO END “DISCRIMATN AGAST GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WHO WISH TO DONATE BLOOD,” POTG TO THE ONE-YEAR FERRAL PERD FOR QUEER MALE BLOOD DONORS ENFORCED BY ANIZATNS LIKE THE U.S. FOOD & DG ADMISTRATN (FDA) AND THE RED CROSS. ALTHOUGH FENRS OF THE POLICY CLAIM THAT MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN (MSMS) ARE MORE LIKELY TO TT POSIVE FOR HIV/AIDS, THE PRENCE OF THE VIS N BE TECTED THE BLOODSTREAM WH AS LTLE AS SEVEN DAYS AFTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WARREN ALSO LLED TO “BAN THE SPIBLE PRACTICE OF NVERSN THERAPY NATNWI,” A DISCREDED FORM OF TREATMENT SHE HAS PREVLY CED AS “DANGERO AND CEL.” IN APRIL 2017, THE LAWMAKER WAS ONE OF 20 DEMOCRATS BEHD THE RETRODUCTN OF THE THERAPTIC FRD PREVENTN ACT, WHICH WOULD CLASSIFY ANY ATTEMPT TO “CHANGE” THE SEXUAL ORIENTATN OR GENR INTY OF LGBTQ YOUTH AS “D.” SHE WAS JOED THE EFFORT BY FELLOW 2020 HOPEFULS CORY BOOKER (D-N.J.), KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND (D-N.Y.), KAMALA HARRIS (D-CALIF.), AND BERNIE SANRS (I-VT.).MANDEL NGAN/AFP/GETTY IMAGDEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL NDIDATE ELIZABETH WARREN GTUR AS SHE ARRIV ON STAGE TO SPEAK DURG A MPAIGN STOP AT GEE MASON UNIVERSY FAIRFAX, VIRGIA ON MAY 16, 2019. (PHOTO BY MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ MANDEL NGAN/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN AT A RALLY GEE MASON UNIVERSY FAIRFAX, VIRGIA, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LASTLY, WARREN REERATED SUPPORT FOR ANOTHER PIECE OF LEGISLATN SHE SPONSORED: THE REFUND EQUALY ACT, WHICH IS TEND TO ROLVE ISSU SAME-SEX MARRIED UPL FACE WHEN FILG JOTLY ON TAX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PROGRSIVE NDIDATE HAS LONG BEEN REFERRED TO AS AN “ALLY” THE MOVEMENT FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS, FIRST G OUT PUBLICLY FAVOR OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DECEMBER 2011 DURG HER SUCCSFUL MPAIGN FOR THE U.S. SENATE. SHE ME OUT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALY MONTHS BEFORE PRINT BARACK OBAMA AND FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLTON DID THE SAME. IN A FEBARY 2019 ARTICLE GRADG WARREN’S RERD ON EQUALY, THE ADVOTE CLAIMED THERE WAS “LTLE TO BATE … ABOUT HER SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS,” LLG HER “A PERSISTENT CHAMPN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN JANUARY, WARREN APOLOGIZED FOR WHAT THKPROGRS LLED THE “ONE BLEMISH” ON HER LGBTQ RIGHTS RERD: HER OPPOSN TO MEDIL RE FOR TRANSGENR MAT. IN 2012, SHE CLAIMED THAT GENR NFIRMG SURGERI FOR TRANS PEOPLE BEHD BARS WASN’T A “GOOD E OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT AFTER YEARS OF CLG TO ADDRS THE GAFFE, WARREN CLAIMED SHE HAD EVOLVED ON THE ISSUE AN EMAIL TO THE LIBERAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SENATOR WARREN SUPPORTS ACCS TO MEDILLY NECSARY SERVIC, CLUDG TRANSN-RELATED SURGERI,” CLAIMED AN UNNAMED SPOKPERSON FOR HER 2020 EXPLORATORY MTEE. “THIS CLUS PROCR TAKG PLACE AT THE VA, THE ARY, OR AT RRECTNAL FACILI.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WARREN CURRENTLY SS THIRD THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, ACRDG TO POLLG AVERAG OM REALCLEARPOLICS. FORMER VICE PRINT JOE BIN HOLDS A FORTABLE LEAD WH 38.3% OF THE VOTE, FOLLOWED BY BERNIE SANRS AT 18.8%. WARREN BOASTS 8.5%, AHEAD OF KAMALA HARRIS (7.3%) AND OPENLY GAY SOUTH BEND MAYOR PETE BUTTGIEG (7%). TRACKG SHOWS WARREN HAS BEEN STEADILY GAG GROUND SCE JANUARY 1. AT THE BEGNG OF THE YEAR, SHE TRAILED FIFTH PLACE—WH 4.3%.{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN: CONSTUTN HAD EVERYTHG TO DO WH GAY MARRIAGE RULG

The move won him an honor om the Log Cab Republins, a group reprentg gay nservativ. How to expla Elizabeth Warren’s wi and diverse LGBTQ fan base, which clus the transgenr rights activist Raquel Willis, drag queens, llege stunts, the wrer Roxane Gay, the “Queer Eye” groomg expert Jonathan Van Ns and, most recently, the rock legend Melissa Etheridge?

And, a field of rivals that clus an actual gay man, a former state attorney general who prid over some of the first same-sex marriag after a landmark Supreme Court se 2015, and a former vice print who was ahead of his print supportg the marriag? For one thg, her out-of-left-field rise to polil celebry, s own way, has a lot mon wh figur the pantheon of norm-floutg gay ins whom queer people venerate. More specifilly, her unrdog stat mirrors the experienc of other gay ins before her.

WARREN TRODUC BILL TO UNLOCK LNS TAX REFUNDS NIED TO GAY UPL

There’s Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who me om seemgly nowhere and would be the first nomee of a major polil party who publicly intifi as gay. And jt this week, the Major League Soccer player Coll Mart, himself gay, did the same. Thk of Warren, who don’t sweat beg ecstatic or a ltle ridiculo or, as Gay has scribed her, dynamic.

Importantly, this isn’t to suggt that Warren is, somehow, “the real gay ndidate. We see bee of civil rights lawyers like Mary Bonto, the legal archect of the marriage s who argued that Massachetts se and earlier this year stood before the Supreme Court seekg natnal regnn of those same rights Obergefell, and bee of her lleagu at Boston’s Gay and Lbian Advot and Defenrs, who worked tirelsly for more than 30 years to fight ernment discrimatn agast LGBT Amerins areas like crimal prosecutn, adoptn, medil treatment, and marriage.