{"id":909980,"date":"2024-07-12T12:54:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/?page_id=909980"},"modified":"2024-07-15T17:21:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T21:21:53","slug":"covering-election-2024-the-issues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/covering-election-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Covering Election 2024: The Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Covering Election 2024: The Issues – A Guide for Journalists<\/h2>

The 2024 U.S. election is the most consequential in modern history and will have repercussions for individual rights and liberties, as well as for the future of democracy in the United States and globally. The effects will be far-reaching and long lasting, and will be felt acutely by LGBTQ people, queer people of color, women and people of reproductive capacity, transgender adults and youth. Many communities\u2019s rights, safety, and wellbeing will be shaped by the election outcomes.<\/p>

In a time of unprecedented attempts to erase liberty, and with more uncertainty ahead, all Americans, especially those who value democracy and those who would suffer for a lack of it, have a stake in the results of national, state, and local elections.<\/p>

The media have a responsibility to accurately report on the statements, records, and proposals of candidates for office, to responsibly report on the threats to hard-won rights argued by some running for office, to report on the consequences to vulnerable communities of the enactment of draconian proposals, and to include the voices of the people will are and will be affected by the election and the rhetoric surrounding it.<\/p>

Some threats come from those seeking office now, and some threats have come from the government itself, as demonstrated by the proposed and enacted legislation that demonizes and targets LGBTQ people for discrimination and harm, and from so-called leadership that fails to protect vulnerable people.<\/p>

Economic, racial and social injustices, police reform, and demands for equitable representation were among the key issues at stake in the 2020 presidential election, and remain so in the 2024 election. But those issues have been compounded by an exponential increase in anti-LGBTQ legislation, violent rhetoric from politicians, and Supreme Court rulings that privilege those who have power over those who seek justice. Also new in this election cycle is Project 2025, a $22 million, 900-page presidential transition plan put forth by the Heritage Foundation<\/a> that would dismantle representative democracy in favor of a religious fundamentalist autocracy. The challenges to our democracy are no longer murmured in shadowy cabals, but are shared far and wide in so-called mainstream campaigning.<\/p>

GLAAD does not endorse or oppose political parties or candidates for elected office. GLAAD\u2019s role as the world\u2019s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization is to ensure that candidates, the media, and voters have information to understand LGBTQ lives and issues and to report on them in a fair, accurate and inclusive way. This guide includes some of the issues to include in your coverage and records of the candidates.<\/p>

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