just to live. and yet, here we are. seeing the right of our community members diminish. their voices are silenced, they re very identities denied. our nation has made great strides with filling the fundamental promises of freedom and equality for lgbtq plus americans, but lately something has changed. the arc of progress is bending in ways we did not think possible just five years ago. unjust ways. so far this year, more than 520 anti lgbtq bills have been introduced in state legislatures. that is a record. more than 220 of those bills, specifically, targeted transgender and non-binary people. also a record. and an unprecedented 70 anti lgbtq laws have been enacted just this year. in the past, we have put together pride specials celebrating lgbtq+ individuals and their achievements, first in the white house and then on the stage and screen. achievements that deserve to be celebrated. but tonight, as that progress is threatened like never before, we are going to do something d
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster and journalist james lewer and claire cohen who s women s editor at the telegraph. tomorrow s front pages, starting with the guardian leads with the news that conservative deputy chief whip, chris pincher, has resigned after he allegedly groped two men at a private members club last night. the front page of the telegraph has the same story, with the tory mp apologising in his resignation letter saying he drank far too much . the financial times reports on mounting pressure on sterling, as trade figures drop to the worst level on record. acccording to the times leads no 10 is considering a cut in vat to curb inflation and ease the cost of living. the metro reports on the unmasking of the teenage murderer of 5 year old logan mwangi in south wales. innocent lost in house of evil the mirror also leads on the sentencing of mwangi s killers. and the i has exclusiv
three steps back with all these laws of 500 plus laws around the country that are being proposed. why do you think in 2023, lgbtq+ people are under such attack? because the opposition knows they are, losing the same horrific things we are saying about chance people, today they said about, lesbian, gay bisexual people 20 years, ago but now the respect for marriage act is the law of the land. the same horrific things being said about trans people, today they said about people living with hiv and a.i.d.s. 30 years ago, and now we dramatically reduce stigma, and we are within arms reach of ending the epidemic. they see that they are losing on so many of the social issues, and they are trying to draw wedges and divides. this is our time to tell them, no, enough, we are not going to stand for some of our community, or some of the lgbtq+ community, we will stand united for everyone. this special is titled defending pride, which you are doing wonderfully right now. protest about the import
they are, losing the same horrific things we are saying about chance people, today they said about, lesbian, gay bisexual people 20 years, ago but now the respect for marriage act is the law of the land. the same horrific things being said about trans people, today they said about people living with hiv and a. i. d. s. 30 years ago, and now we dramatically reduce stigma, and we are within arms reach of ending the epidemic. they see that they are losing on so many of the social issues, and they are trying to draw wedges and divides. this is our time to tell them, no, enough, we are not going to stand for some of our community, or some of the lgbtq+ community, we will stand united for everyone. this special is titled defending pride, which you are doing wonderfully right now. protest about the importance of the visibility, of being out and open, and feeling safe to be out and open. it is so, so important. right now, it is not only the legislation we are, seeing but everywhere we go t
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