This was the fourth consecutive DemDebate in which no moderators asked candidates specific questions about LGBTQ+ rights
, as well as the"obligation" he sees to fight for other marginalized communities as a result.
“Another Democratic debate has come and gone, and there were still zero direct questions about LGBTQ[+] issues,” Sarah Kate Ellis, the president of advocacy group GLAAD, told MTV News in a statement. Ellis also pointed out that the omission was especially glaring given that Wednesday marked Trans Day of Remembrance, which honors the lives lost to anti-trans violence: “It is a slap in the face to LGBTQ[+] Americans that not one of the candidates nor the media could join in mourning thekilled this year in anti-transgender violence," she said.
And while Castro wasn't on the debate stage Wednesday night, he still made himself heard."It’s almost the end of the debate, and we still haven’t heard anything about the #TransDayofRemembrance," he tweeted."Every day trans folks are subject to violence simply for being who they are. We must combat that violence and keep trans people safe.
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