Issue
Civil Rights, Racial Justice & LGBTQ Issues
Officials on Civil Rights, Racial Justice & LGBTQ Issues
| RDonald J. Trump | 22 | 50% | 1 |
| DJoe Biden | 16 | 31% | 1 |
| DKirsten E. Gillibrand | 2 | 100% | 2 |
| DTim Kaine | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DCory A. Booker | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DRichard J. Durbin | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DJeff Merkley | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DJacky Rosen | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DJoe Neguse | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| RLisa Murkowski | 1 | — | 1 |
| DRobert Garcia | 1 | — | 1 |
| RKelly Ayotte | 1 | — | 1 |
| DGretchen Whitmer | 1 | — | 1 |
| DTony Evers | 1 | — | 1 |
| DMazie K. Hirono | 1 | — | 1 |
Positions on record
- Jacky RosenStated position
Vowed in her 2024 election-night victory speech to keep fighting against Republican efforts to roll back rights.
View position & sources → - Tim KaineStated position
Committed to keep fighting in Congress until the federal government ensures equal voting rights, equal pay, and protection against discrimination regardless of race, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or age.
View position & sources → - Kirsten E. GillibrandStated position
Fight to pass the John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act, to bar discrimination against LGBTQ+ youth and same-sex couples in the foster care and adoption systems.
View position & sources → - Gretchen WhitmerStated position
Veto any legislation that would diminish the rights, safety, or protections of LGBTQ+ Michiganders.
View position & sources → - Mazie K. HironoStated position
Continue working to prevent hate crimes and hold perpetrators accountable, including through the Improving Reporting to Prevent Hate Act she co-introduced requiring the DOJ to assess and improve local hate-crime data reporting.
View position & sources → - Robert GarciaStated position
Enact the International Human Rights Defense Act to direct the U.S. State Department to make combating violence, discrimination, and criminalization of LGBTQ+ people abroad a foreign-policy priority and to formally establish a permanent special envoy to coordinate LGBTQ+ rights policy across the State Department.
View position & sources → - Lisa MurkowskiStated position
Committed to continue advocating for passage of the resolution removing the ratification deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment until it is achieved.
View position & sources → - Kelly AyotteStated position
Fund developmental disability services so there continues to be no waitlist for disability care in New Hampshire.
View position & sources → - Tony EversStated position
Committed to veto any bill that makes Wisconsin a less safe, less inclusive, and less welcoming place.
View position & sources → - Kirsten E. GillibrandStated position
Reintroduce her bipartisan Protecting Older Americans Act to fight age discrimination in the workplace.
View position & sources → - Richard J. DurbinStated position
On introducing the Equality Act during Pride Month, Durbin committed to continue pushing the bill: "I will keep pushing for passage of the Equality Act to ensure that LGBTQ+ Americans are fully protected under our nation's civil rights laws."
View position & sources → - Jeff MerkleyStated position
Lead the Senate reintroduction of the Equality Act to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity by amending the Civil Rights Act.
View position & sources → - Donald J. TrumpStated position
I will revoke Joe Biden's cruel policies on so-called gender affirming care.
View position & sources → - Joe BidenStated position
One thing the Senate and the president can do right away is pass the bill to restore the Voting Rights Act. Just yesterday, it was renamed in the Congress in memory of John Lewis... Protect that sacred right to vote that he was willing to die for. If they don't, I've been saying all along, it's one of the first things I'll do as president if elected.
View position & sources → - Cory A. BookerStated position
Pass the Equality Act to ban discrimination against LGBTQ+ Americans in employment, housing, and public accommodations.
View position & sources → - Joe NeguseStated position
Pass the Equality Act to amend federal civil-rights law and explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
View position & sources →