More than 1,100 LGBTQ leaders, celebrities and figures have signed an open letter endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race.
The letter, released Wednesday to ABC News by the Human Rights Campaign, includes signatures from Sophia Bush, George Takei, Colman Domingo, Zachary Quinto, Jinkx Monsoon; Congress members Ritchie Torres, Mark Takano and Becca Balint, and Delaware State Senator Sarah McBride.
“Vice President Kamala Harris is a galvanizing trailblazer and has been a champion for LGBTQ+ equality for decades: leading the fight in San Francisco against hate crimes, working to end the so-called gay and transgender ‘panic defense’ in California, and, as an early supporter of marriage equality, refusing to defend the unconstitutional Proposition 8,” the letter said.
The letter touts the Biden-Harris administration’s policy record as “the most pro-LGBTQ+ administration in history” for passing the Respect for Marriage Act, advancing non-discrimination protections, expanding data collection, among other LGBTQ-related initiatives.
Several LGBTQ groups including the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund and the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute have also spoken out in favor of a Harris presidency.
“The community is sending a message loud and clear: we are united in support of the experienced, tough, pro-equality Vice President Kamala Harris and will do everything it takes to defeat Donald Trump and JD Vance,” said Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson.
The LGBTQ voting bloc is expected to grow in the next two decades, nearing one in five voters by 2040, according to a federal data analysis by the Human Rights Campaign and Bowling Green State University.
-ABC News' Kiara Alfonseca