CLEVELAND -- From North Carolina's passage of House Bill 2 to the shooting in the Orlando nightclub, LGBT issues have been on the forefront.
As we head into the 2016 election season, some conservatives say they want to fight to make sure LGBT rights are addressed by the Republican Party.
Alice Herald lives in Charlotte and is an advocate for the Mecklenburg County GOP. She’s also a fighter for LGBT rights.
“We have a lesbian daughter and she's the most marvelous wonderful person on the face of this earth and she says to me, ‘but mom, you're not a republican! You like the LGBT community. You do a lot of good things.’”
Herald is not the only who has a story like this one.
“I feel like our best hope to get back to a constitutional government with the 18 enumerated powers, is the Republicans,” said LGBT advocate Caitlin Jenner.
Perhaps one the best known conservatives who is fighting for LGBT rights is reality star and former athlete Caitlin Jenner.
She says while she is a Republican, she has been disappointed with some of their actions in recent years, especially on the state level- pointing to North Carolina's recent passage of HB2.
“Now you’re telling me that the State of North Carolina is going to come in and bully you too,” said Jenner. “To say you can't live your authentic life and you have to go in this other bathroom. It doesn't work.”
Jenner joined other high profile LGBT advocates at the Big Tent Brunch by the Republican National Convention on Wednesday.
The brunch was hosted by the American Unity Fund, which is a nonprofit dedicated to advancing LGBT rights by educating folks on the issues.
“I don’t view these issues as much of a partisan thing as I view it as a generation issue,” said Tyler Deaton with the American Unity Fund. “In fact, young Republicans, if you’re a Republican under the age of 50, the majority of those Republicans already support the freedom to marry.”
By his own accord, Trump says he is the right candidate for the LGBT community.
“Believe me, I am better for the gay community,” said Trump. “I am better for women than she will be on her best day.”
For herald, she says she is hopeful -- hopeful that both the party and candidate will address these issues.
“I'm hoping we'll stay focused and smart enough to know that we can still work on, and make changes on the LGBT issues and not abandon the other important principles that we believe in,” said Herald.
Just this week, the Republicans at the RND approved their platform of issues. Included in it was the defense of traditional marriage between one man and one woman and religious freedom for businesses.