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Adam Gabbatt

Joe Biden slams Republicans for turning transgender rights into ‘political football’

An older man speaks into a microphone and raises his hand.
Joe Biden speaks at the 2025 International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference in Washington DC on Friday. Photograph: Andrew Leyden/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

Joe Biden has criticized Republicans for turning transgender rights into a “political football” in a speech that the former US president delivered at an LGBTQ+ event.

Speaking at the International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference in Washington on Friday, Biden urged LGBTQ+ people to “get up and fight back” against Donald Trump’s second presidential administration.

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