Chicagoans react to Biden’s executive order protecting LGBTQ people

The president signed the order in response to a growing wave of anti-LGBTQ bills across the country. But is it enough?

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. Associated Press
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. Associated Press

Chicagoans react to Biden’s executive order protecting LGBTQ people

The president signed the order in response to a growing wave of anti-LGBTQ bills across the country. But is it enough?

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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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