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- Governor Gretchen Whitmer told 2,000 attendees at the Campaign National Dinner defending LGBTQ people is politically smart.
- She identified as a Midwest lesbian’s mom while highlighting Michigan’s 2023 Elliott-Larsen Act expansion protecting sexual orientation, gender identity, expression.
- HRC President Kelley Robinson warned candidates they cannot be anti-trans and must protect LGBTQ equality.
- Robinson demanded ending the transgender military ban, restoring HIV funding, and adding LGBTQ counselors to the 988 line.