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Democratic candidates vow to reverse Trump's rollback of LGBTQ rights

LOS ANGELES - Nine Democratic presidential candidates vowed Thursday to reverse President Donald Trump's rollbacks of LGBTQ rights as they sought to appeal to a key group of voters in the race for the party's 2020 nomination.

In back-to-back appearances at a CNN town hall in Los Angeles, the Democrats sketched out similar agendas on LGBTQ issues. One after another, they vowed to reverse Trump's ban on transgender people serving in the military and to outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

The most warmly received candidate was Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., who spoke at the last primary

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