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Easton Activist Will Meet With Biden
Ashley Hope and other LGBT leaders will have dinner with the vice president Wednesday.
By Tom Coombe | September 18, 2012
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On Wednesday, Vice President Joe Biden will meet with up-and-coming LGBT leaders from around the country at his home in Washington.
Among those leaders: Easton's Ashley Hope, who hopes the vice president comes away knowing that there's still work to be done when it comes to rights for transgendered people.
"Mostly, the biggest message is that transgendered people face huge amounts of discrimination," Hope said.
Biden notably came out in favor of same sex marriage before President Obama did earlier this year, but Hope says she thinks the president has made some strides when it comes to LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) issues.