Sign up for them.'s weekly newsletter here. President-elect Joe Biden, who has vowed to pass the Equality Act during his first 100 days in office, earned 81% of LGBTQ+ votes. feet and flew on Gay Pride Day on June 25. The original caption for this photograph reads: President Barack Obama views the Gay Pride Flag with Gilbert Baker, the artist who designed the flag. 'Oh my God,' said the maker of the iconic flag of the gay community. A GLAAD survey found that just 14% of LGBTQ+ respondents cast a ballot for Trump in the 2020 election, which is in line with his historically low support from queer and trans people four years ago. Gilbert Baker was overwhelmed when he saw the White House lit like a rainbow. “Donald loves helping people, and he loves seeing those around him and his country succeed.”ĭespite initial fears that the LGBTQ+ community took the bait by voting for Trump in record numbers, exit polls show that queer and trans voters were reading between the lines when it came to the White House’s policies. “Nothing could be further from the truth,” she said. people have tried to paint” Trump as opposed to LGBTQ+ equality. Hoping to convince queer and trans voters to reelect a ban who discriminated against trans soldiers, students, and homeless people, Melania appeared in a Log Cabin Republicans video in which she claimed she was “shocked to discover that some. D.C.But despite the fact that the Pride month snub further indicated that claim was never true, the First Lady continued to engage in LGBTQ+ outreach on her husband’s behalf.Stage Review: 'On Your Feet!' At GALA Hispanic Theatre The Secret (and Spectacle) of Alyssa Edwards.Biden Administration Investigating 6 Religious Colleges for LGBTQ Rights Violations.
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“Pride is both a jubilant communal celebration of visibility and a personal celebration of self-worth and dignity,” Biden’s proclamation stated.
President Joe Biden recognized the start of Pride Month this year in an official proclamation, after the Trump administration downplayed or outright ignored it. In 2016, former President Barack Obama ordered the White House lit in rainbow colors to celebrate the Supreme Court’s landmark same-sex marriage ruling, legalizing marriage equality nationwide. The Advocate notes that this is the first time the interior of the White House has been lit in rainbow colors. The couple are buried “side by side” in Italy, and their love letters - housed in the Minnesota Historical Society’s Whipple Collection - were published in 2019. “The women lived together in Italy from 1910, until Rose’s death from the Spanish flu in 1918.” “For almost 30 years, Rose Cleveland maintained a romantic relationship with Evangeline Marrs Simpson Whipple,” it notes. It also highlights lesser known figures such as President Grover Cleveland’s sister, Rose Cleveland, who “served in the role of White House hostess until his marriage in 1886,” according to the exhibit.