LGBTQ staff at the White House took a group photo and posted it to mark National Coming Out Day yesterday.
They posted on the official White House Twitter account. An accompanying message said, “On National Coming Out Day, the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates the courage of the LGBTQI+ community and reaffirms that LGBTQI+ rights are human rights.”
On National Coming Out Day, the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates the courage of the LGBTQI+ community and reaffirms that LGBTQI+ rights are human rights. pic.twitter.com/QOm9pV66rS
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 11, 2022
National Coming Out Day dates back to the late 1980s and has grown in profile with each decade.
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Another member of the White House team also shared her own story. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is the first out gay woman and the first Black woman to occupy the role.
At the start of yesterday’s White House press briefing, she said, “Like so many in the LGBTQ+ community, coming out wasn’t an easy thing to do. My family was traditional and conservative. Being gay in my family wasn’t something that you mentioned out loud or celebrated.”
“But my family, like many families, grew to accept who I was. Who I loved didn’t change who I was as a person. It didn’t change the things I liked to do, and it didn’t change the goals I had for my life,” she continued.
“The beauty of America is its freedom and the promise that you can do anything you want regardless of your race, sex, country of origin, sexual orientation or gender identity.”
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Vice President Kamala Harris was among allies to post messages of support in celebration of Coming Out Day.
I celebrate our LGBTQI+ community this National Coming Out Day. Never doubt that you are loved and appreciated for being exactly who you are. pic.twitter.com/cKocWfLVzJ
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) October 11, 2022
dbmcvey
Very cool!
Den
“The beauty of America is its freedom and the promise that you can do anything you want regardless of your race, sex, country of origin, sexual orientation or gender identity.”
For the right, the beauty of America is it’s freedom and promise for the overwhelmingly white, evangelical and fundamentalist plurality, and how if we show proper submissiveness the rest of us can share those freedoms they deign appropriate.
inbama
Ugh, that poor ruined flag with the ugly triangle busting up the rainbow that’s supposed to be “progress.”
Meanwhile on the left, they’re holding up the blue/pink/white flag. You’d think that would be enough to satisfy the “most marginalized people in the world.”
But of course not.
It’s never enough.
ZzBomb
Is all you do is whine and complain? Gawd shut the f*ck up already. Jeez you must be a real joy at parties!?
Neoprene
It’s nice to see a LGBTQIA2S+ press secretary lying and spinning on behalf of their administration like all those that came before. It’s how we know we’ve arrived!
johncp56
Thank you