Joe Biden vows to protect LGBTQ+ people

Joe Biden vows to protect LGBTQ+ people from being ‘targeted with violence’.

The Democrat president made the statement during his remarks at the UN General Assembly, on Tuesday (19 September).

Prior to a speech from Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Biden said he was ready to “uphold equal and inalienable rights” for every group across the globe.

“We cannot turn away from abuses, whether in Xinjiang, Tehran, Darfur or anywhere else,” he said.

“We have to continue working to ensure that women and girls enjoy equal rights and equal participation in their societies, that indigenous groups – racial, ethnic, religious minorities, people with disabilities – do not have their potential stifled by systematic discrimination, that LGBTQI+ people are not prosecuted or targeted with violence because of who they are.”