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Here's where the 2024 presidential candidates stand on LGBTQ+ issues LGBTQ+ issues have become a flashpoint in the 2024 election, especially in the Republican primary for president. Many of the GOP candidates have campaigned on restricting gender-affirming care, banning classroom instruction of sexual orientation and gender identity and speaking out against transgender girls playing in women's sports. Democrats President Joe Biden and Marianne Williamson have expressed more vocal support for LGBTQ+ issues, while Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has staked out a different position. Here’s a brief look at where the major candidates stand on the issue. Joe Biden As president, Biden signed into law the Respect for Marriage Act, a landmark piece of bipartisan legislation to protect same sex and interracial marriages. He's also repeatedly called on Congress to pass the Equality Act, a bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation in t...

Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom will debate each other on Fox News on Nov. 30 in Georgia; Sean Hannity will moderate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom -- ideological rivals in two of the country's biggest states -- will debate each other on Fox News on Nov. 30 in Georgia, the network announced on Monday. A news release from Fox News describes the 90-minute event as a "red vs. blue state debate ," which will be moderated by Sean Hannity. The showdown further underscores the rising profiles of both men. DeSantis, who easily won reelection last year, is campaigning for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Newsom, a Democrat, likewise cruised to a second term last year and has swatted away chatter that he could be considering a White House bid of his own. A debate between the governors has been in the works for roughly two months, according to both of their public comments over that time. Still, they have sometimes appeared at odds over the par...