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Sen. Ed Markey, who will defend his Senate seat against Moulton, a fellow Democrat, in 2026, was met with applause at Saturday's protest while wearing the transgender flag.
Their legislation would revive the crisis line the Trump administration shut down.
One lawmaker called the administration's explanation for cutting the service “insufficient and dangerous.”
“It’s heartbreaking, scary, and deeply harmful,” Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids, who said the Department of Health and Human Services should keep the successful suicide prevention program intact, told The Advocate.
“It’s hard to get bipartisan letters, let alone legislation, on topics involving the LGBTQ+ community,” Democratic U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi said. “But this one touches a nerve."
It includes meeting people where they are and not expecting perfection, says the first out trans member of Congress,
“It’s important not to yield to manufactured panic and to align with the actual facts before making sweeping claims,” the former White House Press secretary said on her MSNBC show.
“I absolutely think we need to have this conversation because of Trump’s threats,” Moulton told The Advocate.
Beshear points out that he vetoed anti-LGBTQ+ legislation yet still won reelection in a red state.
Steele has had it with those who are blaming transgender people for Democrats' election loss.
Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig is the fifth Democratic — and first LGBTQ+ — lawmaker calling for the president to stand down and allow somebody else to challenge Donald Trump.
