President Joe Biden and his administration have made clear their support for Pride Month. The President has posted several tweets pledging support for LGBTQ+ people, and he hosted a big Pride Month event at the White House on Saturday.
On Monday, the official White House Twitter account posted a video reaffirming that support.
“To the LGBTQI+ Community – the Biden-Harris Administration has your back,” it captioned the video, which showed rainbow lights illuminating the White House.
The video includes part of a speech made by Biden in which he says, “These are our kids. These are our neighbors. Not somebody else’s kids; they’re all our kids. Our children are the kite strings that hold our national ambitions aloft. It matters a great deal how we treat everyone in this country.
“LGBTQ Americans, especially children, you are loved, you are heard, and this administration has your back.”
Ron DeSantis campaign
The video has had over 10,000 likes but almost 19,000 comments. Many came from those opposing the message.
Among these was the Twitter account of the Ron DeSantis Presidential campaign. It tweeted, “They are not your kids.”
Twitter owner Elon Musk was among those to respond to the Tweet, stating, “Our kids are not fodder for the government.”
Musk went on to reply directly to the White House tweet, stating, “You are the government. They are NOT your kids.”
You are the government.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 14, 2023
They are NOT your kids.
In recent weeks, Musk — who has a trans child — has been increasingly vocal about his opposition to minors receiving gender-affirming care.
Last week he said that gender-affirming care for minors is “pure evil”.
“gender-affirming care for minors” is pure evil
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 4, 2023
At the start of the month, Musk re-shared a documentary by Matt Walsh of The Daily Wire, entitled ‘What Is A Woman’. The film sought to lambast the notion of trans rights and the very existence of trans people. Musk advised, “Every parent should watch this.”
Rose Montoya
Many on the right have seized upon the fact that at the White House Pride event last weekend, trans model Rose Montoya briefly danced topless. She later posted a TikTok video of her visit. The White House later criticized the people who danced without tops and said they were barred from future events.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, “It was unfair to the hundreds of attendees who were there to celebrate their families.”
“This behavior is inappropriate and disrespectful for any event at the White House. It is not reflective of the event we hosted to celebrate LGBTQI+ families or the other hundreds of guests who were in attendance.”
“Individuals in the video will not be invited to future events.”
Montoya posted a video defending her actions. However, she has since deleted it from her TokTok and Twitter.
J. Harrison Ghee visits the White House
Despite this controversy, the White House is not backing down in showing support for LGBTQ+ people. Besides Monday’s video, it yesterday hosted a visit from J. Harrison Ghee. The actor, along with Alex Newell, made history on Sunday night when they became the first out non-binary performers to win Tony Awards.
The White House tweeted about Ghee’s visit and highlighted their history-making Tony win.
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RIGay
I am sure he is some brilliant wunderkind, but… I just cannot stand Elon, nor do I care to purchase anything that may, in some way, line his pockets. I only look at Tesla vehicles with contempt, pretty much how the Allies looked at Volkswagen throughout and exiting WWII, that they were built by and for Nazi’s.
Cam
He isn’t. He bought a company that already existed and since he took over their innovation has stagnated and sales and quality are down among the company. He bought another company (Twitter) and it is now worth 20% of what he paid for it. His last company (Space X) just informed the government that they won’t eve make the target date for producing the rover they were contracted for.
DBMC
His father owned (owns?) an emerald mine in Africa (so take in what that means). Musk claims his father didn’t give him anything but the father has said he bankrolled his business from proceeds from this mine in Zambia.
Mister P
No matter how many books they ban, or whatever laws they pass and no matter how much they bitch and moan these two as holes need to know that gay people and trans people are still going to exist and they need to pull the shit out of their shorts and accept it.
Cam
Republicans are bigots. End of story.
Matthewnow
They are both A*Holes!! Grease fire
Chrisk
Yes and his Trans kid wants nothing to do with him. Gee I wonder why.
abfab
Sperm banks around the world are paying top dollar for his.
Jim
When was the last time Elon saw his kids?
abfab
Build (a faulty) rocket.
Invite all republicans for a discounted trip into space.
Tell them they will recieve free publicity and millions of dollars.
Don’t come back.
PoetDaddy
#DeportElonMusk
Miles Crown
Please, everyone, stop calling him Elon. That implies you are on a first name basis with the idiot, or a friend, or one of his creepy admiring sycophants. Would you refer to Hitler as Adolf? Mussolini and Benito? Call him by his ugly name, Musk, or Mr. Musk. If you must refer to him at all.
abfab
I agree. I never even mention the name.
mildredspierce
How adorable. Ron and ‘Lon have bonded in their shared ability to be overwhelmingly physically repulsive.
abfab
Ugly men. In the puriest sense of the word.
Huron132
Both need to just keep their lips on each others asses and stop looking over each other’s backs.
decrans
The post illustrates the glaring disconnect of neoliberals from mainstream Americans. First of all, many of these same individuals were quick to corral other people’s kids under the guise of government-mandated lockdowns. On the flip side, conservatives were hellbent on putting kids back into schools. So, either it takes a village to raise kids, or it doesn’t. Speaking as someone who attempted ‘gender-affirming care,’ I gotta say you’re still left to your own devices at getting help. At the core, the Biden administration’s “they’re everyone’s children!’ is shaky at best. The patchwork to make this work at a national level wasn’t in place mere years ago. And now, liberals are playing defense trying to catch up with the vast majority of Americans who are beginning to doubt gender-affirming for kids. Perhaps, instead of putting out feel-good press releases, Biden should say what he really means. How does this ‘it takes a village’ mindset work within our current reality? At this rate, we all know how the game is played. Biden will keep plastering rainbow flags everywhere and the same mindless establishment libs will eat it up like ice cream. The trans people of color who have similar complaints that I do? Here’s another rainbow flag. Y’all are being played just the same as the Trump people. It’s kind of sad.
dbmcvey
Your post illustrates that you don’t know what’s going on.
decrans
I lived it. That’s the same tactic that conservatives use. And here I thought ‘lived-in experiences’ were the hottest liberal buzzword! My bad, gang.
DeeAnnCA
I believe he meant in the legislative sense. The idea is to govern for all and not just the loudest ones or those who have 8, 9 or 10 figures on their bank statements…
abfab
@decrans. You didn’t write that. You took it. We’ve seen your typing/writing skills.
decrans
Uh huh. And now enter the people with no actual arguments.
abfab
Why would anyone want to argue with you. We have nothing for you or to convince you of. You’re convinced already. And you’re all twisted up. Try and relax.
decrans
Well, there’s a way to relieve that. Stop commenting. It’s simple, really.
decrans
By the way, that ‘people with no argument’ comment was directed at Abfab. He doesn’t have any arguments. Only sass. He better sass his way to the ballot box and hope Cornel West doesn’t eat into Democratic votes! (Not likely since independents are polling at historic levels.) On Nov. 6 2024, we will see how abfab’s sass tactics play out.
Mister P
I’m sorry it didn’t work for you. Gender affirming care is not a numbers game and whichever side supports it the most wins.
Gender dysphoria is real and there should be lots of support for people dealing with it.
decrans
It should be. I don’t see liberals stepping up and fixing American health care. That’s why I vacated liberalism. There’s a lot of pie-in-the-sky idealism that never works in reality, sadly.
DeeAnnCA
Conservative BS doesn’t work either. Trickle Down anything does not work. It failed here and it failed in the UK. Do you really want a liar, someone who cheated his blood relatives, ran 6 of his businesses bankrupt and believed that he knew more than military, medical, foreign policy and security experts to be in office?
The man is patently dangerous.
decrans
I canvass for the moderate Republicans and vote independently. Honestly, Cornel West said it best. “Our choices are fascist or a neoliberal hypocrite.” The people on the left want gender transitions for all! Yay. With rainbows and kitties. They don’t have a damned clue how to make that work. We’ve seen GoFundMes going back a full decade. But rainbows and kittens, yay. And then, there’s Donald Trump. Like I said, I canvass for moderate Republicans and vote independently.
DeeAnnCA
Moderate Republicans are either going to be drowned out or they will be ostracized by the party or campaign funds will be withheld. Sorry, what you say is a pipe dream. I also don’t see Democrats courting white supremacists.
decrans
I’m only doing it for the paycheck.
Mister P
At least the Democrats are trying to provide healthcare for everyone. No other party can say that.
decrans
But how does that work, though? That’s the $50,000 question. I’m in California. Like a naive young liberal idiot, I came to this state. Another four month wait time for an STI follow-up. Like the conservatives recommend, I’m just going to have to get another job and try Planned Parenthood. Are y’all telling kids about the waiting games they’ll go through well into adulthood? Nope. I see a bunch of glitter, though. And rainbows.
dbmcvey
I moved to California, got a job, worked, got different jobs, worked my way up to a good position, met my husband, found a place to live and eventually got married. I live in Los Angeles like a normal person and don’t try to blame my problems on everyone else.
dbmcvey
I have accepted help when I needed it and given it when I could. It’s similar to what everyone else in the world has done before people started whining about things that don’t actually affect their lives.
decrans
You’re doing what conservatives recommend. Almost sounds heteronormative. Tell that same thing to the trans people on my Facebook. Let me know how it works out for you. Truly.
dbmcvey
But you’re not. You’re whining that you’re not being taken care of, when there are massive numbers of resources for you here in California if you’d leave your apartment and find them instead of sitting around complaining.
But it’s not Democrat’s fault that our healthcare system is so crap, while there are conservative Dems who have stood in the way (Joe Lieberman) it’s the Republicans who are the road block.
We shouldn’t have to depend on being employed to get healthcare.
dbmcvey
When I need help and my employer was not supplying insurance, I had to go to the free clinic. I had to get disability. If you need help get it, but we shouldn’t have to depend on our employers.
decrans
Tell this same thing to the Black trans person on my Facebook. Let me know how it works out for you. Please do. This person is always complaining about not being able to afford electrolysis. Is it ‘gender-affirming care’ or isn’t it? Should the taxpayers pay? These are questions that we are currently having as a society. Join the conversation. You assimilated to conservative values. You prove my point. In order to get what you want in late-stage capitalist America, you must assimilate to conservative values. Tell that to the Gen-Z TikTokers showing nipple. Don’t tell me. Tell them.
decrans
Of course, the other thing here is that trans people have a harder time assimilating with late-stage capitalism. And guess what? Republicans control the levers because that’s how our system works! This is why you’re running into some problems in 2023. I feel like this a moment of reflection for you.
decrans
And since dmbvaney got backed into a corner, I’ll tell you how it would work if he confronted the trans people of color on my Facebook with the same routine. They would call him entitled and bourgesie. And again, dmbvaney (or whatever the hell your name is), these are some of the issues you’re encountering with the fissure on the left. It’s been going on since 2015 (and probably before then). These are the voters Uncle Joe needs to reach. And just throwing up your hands and saying “I subscribed to conservative values for capitalism!’ isn’t going to win them over. As Michelle Obama said, “It is how it is.”
DeeAnnCA
Republicans don’t want to help anyone but themselves. They haven’t realized that if you help people to become functioning, tax-paying members of society, it is cheaper in the long run. They want to keep folks who are “other than” as scapegoats so they can always point to them in derogatory ways. Remember “rapists and murderers coming across the border”?
dbmcvey
I’m tired of all these lies about California. I don’t know if you really live here, it wouldn’t be the first time I’ve suspected you of lying, but there are options.
decrans
Go talk to the trans woman of color DJ in San Fran who has trouble affording electrolysis in YOUR state. Don’t talk to me. I’m conservative. These are the real stories in your supposed utopia. I can also give you a list of trans homeless people still entrenched in the same cycles. This is your utopia state, Dave Matthews. Open your eyes. Go to Downtown Los Angeles. Or, just admit like Jesse Watters on Fox News. They have responsibility to be productive citizens in capitalism. It doesn’t take a village. Joe Biden is wrong. Whatever you do, make up your mind.
decrans
If you actually responded to said lies with points, that would be one thing. But like Trump, you and abfab love to namecall and point fingers because you have nothing left. You know your arguments are weak. You know that Gavin Newsom looks weak. Hell, that’s why he went on his little Fox News apology tour this week. He knows that real images of California’s disarray are broadcasted into homes on a weekly basis. Do better than just proving conservative points, Dave Matthews.
decrans
This Substacker wrote a wonderful OP-ED that you should read. It’s titled “I Am Not Conservative, But Reality Is.” You proved my point beautifully. Thank you.
James
YAWN.
abfab
Imagine the idiots (@bama, winie the wino, Dip Mont) who would visit a site recommended by this lunatic. Someone below said to seek help and that’s good advice. And leave California out of it.
decrans
You’re basically disproving Joe Biden. It doesn’t take a village. We are all dollar figures on a spreadsheet at the end of the day. That’s all we are. You have proved my point better than I ever could. Hats off, man. Good job.
abfab
Facebook. And there it is.
decrans
You want names and to fact-check me? I offer my email, but you wuss out. That’s on you, abfab.
decrans
And honestly, just throw your hat to a younger trans person of color on Facebook. Check the Radical Faerie group boards. They’re disaffected and plentiful. But hey, I know you love to whine about fake news like your boy Donald Trump.
abfab
dcrans. You’re a con artist and part time scammer. Email with you? I don’t think so.
decrans
Talk to the people of color in California who are having a time trying to access care through the Radical Faerie boards? Man, you wussed out again. No wonder liberalism is on the defense.
decrans
There’s a reason why conservatism is the dominant ideology in a capitalist system, friends. And abfab and Dave Matthews up there represent Exhibit A. Tuckin’ those tails and running, honey.
James
GET LOST TROLL. YOU ARE A WASTE OF TIME.
decrans
And yet another person who can’t argue and types in all-caps. Reminiscent of Trump. He occupies too much space in y’all’s brains. It’s unhealthy.
LegionKeign
So because life is hard and the dems aren’t making it easier for you, you chose to align yourself with a group that doesn’t even consider you a person and would, if allowed, kill you.
That makes perfect sense. Yeah, okay.
You’re the biggest part of your own problems and you’re mental illness keeps you from seeing that.
Get some help.
I lived in California for years and I know for a fact there are resources that can help you.
Goddess Bless.
decrans
“People who would kill you.” Who sounds mentally ill again? Where are the facts for this hyperbole? And again, there are scores of mentally ill trans people who aren’t getting help. transcanwork, for example, was backlogged for two years. The hyperbole was cute, though.
decrans
This isn’t Uganda. We don’t live in Uganda. You must’ve been confused or mentally ill with that comment.
decrans
And another thing this post illustrates is the dichotomy between getting help for mental illness versus the medicalization of being trans in the name of political correctness. Again, that’s the debate the adults in the room are having right now. In Ohio, for example, lawmakers enacted more psychological testing roadblocks for a cormorbidity of mental illnesses to be thoroughly investigated. So when you say ‘get help,’ the Republicans are the ones actually doing it. The people on the left, meanwhile, bow down at the altar of political correctness. It’s not working out for you, Legion. The adults are doing their due diligence where your organizations are backlogged with an influx of trans people. That’s reality, baby.
Barry
I find it sad the #LGBTQ community will bitch and bemoan Elon’s toxic tweets disparaging all of us, but yet, NO ONE will leave Twitter. Because Heaven forbid, a person gives up their “rightful spot” on the site where others can come to worship their words and images. There’s nothing to be gained from being the equivalent of a squatter.
Seriously?!? Does no one have the guts to tell Elon what he can do with his social media site and leave for good? With so many sites out there, there’s plenty to choose from. Staying put only empowers his continued toxic behavior towards us. Is that really worth it?
Peter
Either of these men will say anything to appeal to the amoral, braindead base of the R cult. Both are highly overrated for their supposed intelligence, and are nothing more than white supremacists without the sheets. Musk has fathered 10 children with three different women; so much for family values. (We know what trump’s classless record is.) Neither could define woke, but they love using the term. Rhonda is 30 points behind trump as favored by the R primary voters, so he’s not going anywhere. The Rs will nominate and support the worst American in history to run for office, and God-willing, the majority of Americans will re-elect Joe Biden and save democracy. In the meantime, the lies about the Bidens and the “weaponization of the FBI and Justice Department” will continue and the racist trash who support trump will believe every one of them. And BTW, Fox Fake News learned nothing by their recent $785M payout.
inbama
I’m no fan of Musk’s politics, but he has brought free speech to Twitter. Yes, the battles can get ugly, you have to block trolls and suspected bots for sanity’s sake, but if you never step out of your comfort zone, there’s a lot of fascinating reality you can miss.
And where else can you actually follow psychologists, sexologists, neuroscientists, evolutionary biologists, philosophers, MDs and PhDs who not only post the latest research but explain it for layman? They’re on Twitter because activists from the left and right can’t get them taken down. So you learn a lot. And where else would you get gay playwright Paul Rudnick’s comments on the day’s news?
Only problem is it’s addictive.
abfab
Your mind is one big fascinating reality (freak show) @bama. Oh, change your stage name to Layman….it describes you perfectly.
Jimmynj
They’re both ugly closeted people and they are mad they couldn’t go.