Presidential candidate Tom Steyer released an extensive plan on Monday to fight for LGBTQ equality if elected to the White House in 2020.

As voters cast their ballots in the Democratic primaries, Steyer’s plan pledges to “embrace and represent the vibrancy and diversity of the whole LGBTQ community” should he be named the party’s nominee. His 27-point plan includes promises to ban conversion therapy on LGBTQ youth across the country, enact nationwide nondiscrimination protections through the passage of the Equality Act, and reverse President Donald Trump’s ban on open trans military service.

“[W]e must work hard to ensure that LGBTQ individuals have equal rights and cannot be discriminated against in the workplace, at the doctor’s office, in school, in search of support services and public accommodations, in tax policy, in the criminal justice system, and in building loving families,” Steyer writes.

While the platform is among the most comprehensive plans yet released by a 2020 campaign, it hits on many of the same pledges from other Democratic presidential candidates. For instance, Steyer’s plan calls to allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood, to expand gender marker options for nonbinary people on federally issued IDs, and to investigate anti-LGBTQ hate crimes, particularly against trans women of color. Many of these proposals were also mentioned in plans released by opponents Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg in October.

Tom Steyer.

But Leah Haberman, deputy national press secretary for the Steyer campaign, believes there’s a “level of intention” in the candidate’s plan “that is really representative” of the billionaire philanthropist’s values as a candidate. She cited his calls to increase funding to LGBTQ artists through the National Endowment for the Arts and expand LGBTQ-affirming affordable housing in order to fight the disproportionate rate of homelessness among queer and trans people.

“I don't think that there's any other plan in the presidential field that calls out LGBTQ artists,” Haberman tells NewNowNext. “Everything about this plan tries to see the holistic person, not just the issues that people associate with ‘gay rights.’ It's a much deeper dive into the intersectionality within the community.”

Other aspects of Steyer’s plan that would appear to speak to that mantra of intersectionality include providing affirming housing and elder care services for LGBTQ older adults, ensuring the application for asylum in the U.S. recognizes the needs and challenges of LGBTQ applicants, and renewing trans-inclusive protections in the Violence Against Women Act—a landmark 1994 bill which stalled last year during its reauthorization in the U.S. Senate.

In contrast to these proposals, many of the top contenders in the Democratic primaries, including former Vice President Joe Biden and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, have yet to release comprehensive plans spelling out their positions on LGBTQ issues.

According to Haberman, it was important for Steyer—who founded the progressive advocacy group NextGen America in 2013—to “walk the walk” on LGBTQ equality, especially considering the diversity of his own campaign team. “Thirty percent of our campaign identifies as LGBTQ, more than 50% identify as women, and more than 50% are people of color,” she says.

The candidate would appear to be getting out his message to LGBTQ voters at the right time: Although survey averages from RealClearPolitics show Steyer lagging in eighth place—polling at approximately 1.8% nationally—he’s been doing well in Nevada and South Carolina, which will hold their primaries on February 22 and 29, respectively. Steyer averages 9.5% in Nevada (good enough for fourth place) and even better in South Carolina: 16%, a strong third. The news is less positive in California and Texas, where he does not poll in the top five.

One thing that may hinder Steyer from gaining momentum among LGBTQ voters is a visit to the Victory Missionary Baptist Church on February 16. The Las Vegas congregation is run by lead pastor Robert Fowler. Fowler, who has described homosexuality as “enough to send you to hell.” Both Kamala Harris and Cory Booker, who later suspended their presidential campaigns, were criticized for attending services there.

Haberman says those statements are not reflective of Steyer’s values, adding that the candidate “unequivocally rejects the pastor's views of LGBTQ people.”

“He attended service at the Victory Mission Baptist Church in Las Vegas yesterday as part of his efforts to reach every African American community in Nevada, including religious, political, and cultural groups,” she says. “He addressed the congregation as a candidate, discussed issues affecting the Black community in the state, and his work in Brown and Black communities across the country.”

That event doesn’t represent Steyer’s only stumble on LGBTQ issues, however. As the U.K. website PinkNews noted, the candidate didn’t appear to be clear on his own LGBTQ policies during a January endorsement interview with The New York Times. When the publication asked Steyer about his vow to “increase oversight of health care access for LGBTQ [people],” Steyer responded that he didn’t “know what that means.” “I’d like to see the language on that,” he said.

Despite some recent missteps, the Steyer campaign believes the candidate’s longtime commitment to the LGBTQ community will win the day. Steyer recieved the Humanitarian Award from the LGBTQ advocacy group Equality California in 2015, which recognized “his work [in] advancing progressive causes that benefit the [LGBTQ] community.”

Meanwhile, 2020 hopeful Angela Bridgman—who hopes to make history as the first trans person elected to the North Carolina legislature—announced her endorsement of Steyer on Monday.

Haberman also notes that Steyer has a full-time director of diversity, equity, and inclusion on the campaign and that LGBTQ people are leading critical outreach efforts in battleground states. “Affinity finds affinity, and that's one of the benefits of having a diverse staff,” she says. “You connect with diverse voters.”

Steyer’s LGBTQ platform is available in full on his campaign website.