More than 100 attendees — many of them on edge and fearful of the future — crammed into seats and overflow standing room at the LGBT Community Center in Manhattan on Nov. 13 for a crowded post-election town hall to discuss how to protect LGBTQ rights in the face of a hostile Trump administration.
The “Voices Beyond the Vote” town hall event came barely one week after America voted to send Donald Trump back to the White House with a GOP trifecta. The election results prompted widespread concern among community members after many Republican politicians, led by the president-elect, spent the campaign season voicing anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and vowing to roll back the rights of transgender individuals in areas like sports, healthcare, and education.
