Biden Proclaims June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month, Denounces Oppression
The Biden-Harris Administration reaffirmed its commitment to support the LGBTQ+ community against right-wing assaults.
May 31, 2023
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Don’t Bother Looking for a Presidential Pride Proclamation
President Trump apparently isn't issuing one, and there's no Pride reception at the White House, either.
June 1, 2017
Obama Celebrates LGBT Moms in Mother's Day Proclamation
The president said mothers "regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status" create "a better and brighter future for their children."
May 8, 2016
Joe Biden Makes History With Trans Day of Visibility Proclamation
The Democrat becomes the first U.S. president to have the White House formally recognize Transgender Day of Visibility.
March 31, 2021
Obama Gives Shout-Out to Gay Dads
The president's Father's Day proclamation includes a direct reference to gay dads.
June 15, 2014
Senate Resolution Seeks to Recognize June as Pride Month
With Donald Trump failing to act, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown is taking the matter into his own hands.
June 28, 2017
White House Omits LGBT, People of Color From World AIDS Day Proclamation
President Donald Trump continues to employ a twisted "All Lives Matter" logic that ignores the realities of vulnerable communities.
November 30, 2017
On Equal Pay Day, Inequity Persists for Women, Including LGBTQ+ Ones
President Joe Biden is calling for action to close the pay gap.
March 14, 2023
President Joe Biden calls on LGBTQ+ community ‘to wave their flags of pride high’ this June
The president officially proclaimed June 2024 to be Pride Month in an announcement on Friday.
May 31, 2024
Obama Proclaims LGBT Pride Month, Calls to Build on Progress
In the last Pride Month proclamation of his presidency, the president urges Americans to eliminate prejudice and celebrate diversity.
May 31, 2016
Billie Jean King celebrates anniversary of women's voting rights, noting there's more to be done
She adds that many women of color had to wait for the right to vote.
August 27, 2024
Pentagon Cancels Drag Show at Nevada Air Force Base Ahead of Pride Month
The move stands in opposition to the message of LGBTQ+ support the Biden Administration has been sending publicly.
June 1, 2023
Obama Calls for End to Discriminatory Parenting Laws
President Obama makes LGBT history again by advocating foster and adoptive parents be chosen without regard to sexual orientation or gender identity.
May 1, 2015
Despite His History of Sexual Predation Trump Declares Sexual Harassment Awareness Month
Donald Trump admitted to grabbing women without consent and refuses to believe accusers, but he unironically issued a Sexual Harassment Awareness Month proclamation anyway.
April 2, 2018
Justice Scalia Says U.S. Can Be Christian Nation
The Supreme Court's most controversial justice is at it again, this time proposing to abolish the separation between church and state.
January 6, 2016
Biden campaign announces major Pride Month initiatives highlighting support of LGBTQ+ community
While Republicans are trying to cast the LGBTQ+ community as deviant, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are doubling down on winning the queer vote.
June 3, 2024
Harrison Butker’s ‘inaccurate, ill-informed and woefully out of step' sexist speech is fact-checked by GLAAD
LGBTQ+ media advocacy group GLAAD issued a fact-check calling out some of the false and misleading things the ultra-conservative Kansas City Chiefs player said during a graduation ceremony.
May 15, 2024
Obama Johnson Karger and Republicans on Gay Issues
President Obama Responds to Candidate Scorecard
March 7, 2012
Op-ed: They're Trans, Hispanic, and Changed This World
Sylvia Rivera. Diego Sanchez. Pat Cordova-Goff. Carmen Carrera. The list goes on and on...
September 22, 2014
Civil rights, medical groups sue FDA over ‘almost unconscionable’ delay in banning menthol tobacco products
Over a 20-year period, a ban could lower health care costs among all adult smokers by about $1.62 billion, a recent study found.
April 4, 2024