Within hours of hosting the first-ever LGBTQ Presidential Forum (sponsored by The Advocate, GLAAD, One Iowa, and The Gazette ) on Friday, Pose star Angelica Ross was spurred to leave social media because of harassment from supporters of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. At the forum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, she called on Sanders — the only major candidate to miss two LGBTQ events — to explain his absence. She also lambasted the Trump administration for its horrendous treatment of transgender people. Within 24 hours of the event, she announced she would take a break from social media. In her opening remarks at the forum, Ross spoke of the epidemic of murders of trans women — and trans women of color in particular — and she called out the Trump administration for its policies that threaten the safety of trans people. “One of the reasons I’m here tonight is because the Trump administration is harming transgender Americans. So let’s just review, why don’t we, just a handful of those moves,” Ross said. “The administration moved to revoke trans health care and discrimination protections. They made it more difficult for homeless trans people to access shelters,” she said. “Education Secretary […]
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