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Biden LGBTQ executive order

Youth activist Javier Gomez reacts after President Joe Biden handed him a pen he used to sign an executive order at an event to celebrate Pride Month in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in Washington.

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Chicagoans react to Biden’s executive order protecting LGBTQ people

Since the beginning of the year, lawmakers have introduced more than 300 anti-LGBTQ bills in state legislatures across the country. On Wednesday, President Biden signed an executive order combating “discriminatory legislative attacks.”

Reset talks to three Chicago-based advocates to understand what this order means.

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