Dear friend,

Today, on the 8th Anniversary of Vice President Joe Biden’s support of marriage equality in an interview with Meet the Press, we are proudly endorsing him for President. Below you will find a special invitation to join me and Joe Biden tonight in a live event celebrating this endorsement.

The Human Rights Campaign was founded 40 years ago to assert political influence on behalf of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community in order to advance equality. So we are inviting you, as a valued member of the HRC family, to be part of an historic political milestone. It’s time to flex our political muscle and endorse a pro-equality candidate for President.

Former Vice President Joe Biden is the leader our community and our country needs at this moment. His dedication to advancing LGBTQ equality, even when it was unpopular to do so, has pushed our country and our movement forward. This November, the stakes could not be higher. Far too many LGBTQ people, and particularly those who are most vulnerable, face discrimination, intimidation and violence simply because of who they are or who they love. But instead of having our backs, Donald Trump and Mike Pence have spent the last three and a half years rolling back and undermining protections for LGBTQ people.

Joe Biden will be a president who stands up for all of us. I hope you will work alongside me and our 3.3 million HRC members and supporters, to ensure that Joe Biden is the next President of the United States.

WATCH HISTORY IN THE MAKING:
The Human Rights Campaign has released a new video on today’s endorsement.

Throughout his campaign, Vice President Biden has committed to advancing LGBTQ equality. In 2019, just weeks after announcing his candidacy, Biden committed to passing the Equality Act as President at the 36th Human Rights Campaign Columbus Dinner. His campaign’s LGBTQ platform is the most comprehensive LGBTQ equality plan by a presumptive presidential nominee in our nation’s history.

As Vice President, Biden continued his decades-long fight for LGBTQ hate crime prevention playing an integral role in passing the landmark Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. He played a leading role in repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, allowing transgender people to serve openly in the military, and giving LGBTQ service members the visibility and respect they deserve In 2012, he called transgender rights the “civil rights issue of our time” articulating a truth that many — even in his own party at the time — left unaddressed. Throughout his campaign, Biden has elevated the need to address the epidemic of violence facing the transgender community — especially transgender women of color — and articulated a strong plan to empower transgender Americans in the workforce to help combat conditions that lead to disproportionate violence.

For all of these reasons — and so many more — the HRC Board of Directors voted to endorse Joe Biden. Friend, I hope you will use your voice and your vote this November. Equality is on the ballot.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping build the Human Rights Campaign into the political powerhouse it has become. With this strength, we will remove Donald Trump and Mike Pence from office.

In Unity,

P.S. For more information on our electoral work, please visit hrc.org/election2020 or text BIDEN to 472472 on your mobile phone*.