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By Mary Margaret Olohan ~

President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice will work “hand-in-hand” with the LGBTQ community as a response to Republican-led legislation and “threats” tied to “hate groups and domestic violent extremists,” the White House announced on Thursday.

President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice will work “hand-in-hand” with the LGBTQ community in response to alleged “threats” from what it calls “hate groups and domestic violent extremists,” the White House announced on Thursday. (Photo: Molly Riley/AFP/Getty Images)

The administration’s new action to “protect LGBTQI+ communities from attacks on their rights and safety” specifically cites Republican-sponsored legislation that bans biological males from women’s sports, protects children from irreversible sex-change procedures, and bans discussions of sexual and ideological topics in the classroom.

The White House framed those bills as “anti-LGBTQ+” and called them “cruel and callous to our kids, our neighbors, and those in our community.” And as a response, the…