aid abroad and against funding health care providers that don't offer simple information on abortions, Bustle recently reported. Sanders is truly pro-choice: He has voted against banning family planning funding in U.S. Here are just five times the progressive senator spoke the feminist truth. When it comes to issues like reproductive rights and violence against women, Sanders is hardly shy about his beliefs. He has a 100% rating by the Human Rights Campaign for his pro-LGBT rights stance, and has proven himself a dedicated advocate for several other important issues. Sanders' record proves it: The American Civil Liberties Union gave him a 93% rating for his pro-civil rights voting record. In fact, socialist septuagenarian Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) may give Clinton a run for her money. But just because she's the only woman on the left in the race hardly means she's the only feminist. Dont Ask, Dont Tell, allowed gays and lesbians to serve in the military only if they stayed in the closet and werent open about their sexual orientation.
When former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced she's running for president in 2016, many feminists celebrated. Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang, both of whom poll among the top 10 in national surveys, have yet to RSVP to the LGBTQ+ Presidential Forum at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
