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Biden tells mother of transgender daughter there should be "zero
discrimination"

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   The mother of a transgender daughter asked Democratic presidential
   nominee Joe Biden asked how he would protect LBTQ rights if he is
   elected president – and Biden said he would just "flat-out change the
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   "The Trump administration has attacked the rights of transgender
   people, banning them from military service, weakening nondiscriminatory
   protections and even removing the word 'transgender' from some
   government websites," Mieke Haeck said to Biden at ABC's town hall.
   "How will you as president reverse this dangerous and discriminatory
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   "The idea that an eight-year-old child or a 10-year-old child decides
   you know, I decided I want to be transgender. That's what I think I'd
   like to be. It'd make my life a lot easier. There should be zero
   discrimination," he continued.

   "And what's happening is too many transgender women of color are being
   murdered. They're being murdered," he said.

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   Some Twitter users pointed out that Biden was incorrect in saying a
   transgender child "decides" to be trans. However, others commended the
   candidate on his answer and for bring up the murders of transgender
   women, which has surged this year, according to Trans Equality.

   "My youngest came out in April as a transgender girl & my blood freezes
   daily at the thought of four more years of hatred & discrimination from
   the POTUS. I cried through #BidenTownHall answer with relief & hope.
   Please help protect my child," one Twitter user wrote.

   "Having a trans child myself, I thought the same thing. Biden gives us
   hope," another replied.

   "Didn't love all the language Biden used while answering the Q from the
   mom of a trans kid, but watching a presidential candidate acknowledge
   the humanity of trans adults and kids (and the epidemic of murders of
   trans [women of color]) made me tear up," another person tweeted.

   "I was actually really happy to see Biden's support for trans folk
   tonight, even if his wording wasn't perfect it's clear he wants us
   protected and I appreciate that," wrote another Twitter user.