With Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s ascension to the Kamala Harris ticket, the stage is set for the most significant ideological gap on LGBTQIA+ rights in major party nominees in recent American history. According to leaders in the movement for queer liberation, the distinction between the Republican and Democrat vice presidential picks is hard to miss, with organizers describing Sen. J.D. Vance as a “barrier” to freedom and Walz as a “glimmer of hope.”
