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Dr Rachel Levine giving a live update on the coronavirus crisis in Pennsylvania (Facebook/Pennsylvania Department of Health) Gay Pennsylvania representative Brian Sims has blasted fellow state lawmaker Jeffrey Pyle for sharing a transphobic meme about Rachel Levine. According to a screen capture shared by the Democrat on Twitter, Pyle, a Republican veteran and decades-long member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, uploaded on his personal Facebook a meme that cruelly mocked Joe Biden‘s historic pick for a top administration role. The since-deleted post featured a photograph of L...

They care about this issue. this has to be our way forward if we're actually serious about this issue. >> thank you. congresswoman gabbard, we're going to move here. one of the first thing you did after launching your campaign is issue an apology to the lgbtq about your past stances and statements on gay rights. a telephone trump administration's rollbacks of civil rights protections for many in that community, why should voters in that community, or voters that care about this issue in general trust you now? >> well, let me say that there is no one in our government at any level who has the r...

Fighting for equality. my commitment to fighting for lgbt rights. i have 100% legislative voting record with the human rights campaign. i'm a member of the equality caucus and look forward to continuing to recognize the work toward equality and making that change happen. >> the honolulu star advertiser is reporting the democratic state senator kai kahali is planning to run for your state in 2020. if you don't get the democratic nomination, your going to try to stay in the house? >> whaetever he decides to do, we'll wish him well. >> i'm not thinking about politics right now. i'm looking forwar...

Raised in a socially conservative household. with views and beliefs and things i no longer hold today. like most of the country, my views have evolved to the point where now you can look to my record over the last six years in congress that reflect what's in my heart and my commitment to fighting for equality. my commitment to fighting for lgbt rights. i have 100% legislative voting record with the human rights campaign. i'm a member of the equality caucus and look forward to continuing to recognize the work that still must be done towards equality and working to make that change happen. >> on...