Hodges Supreme Court ruling, were widely viewed to have prompted former President Barack Obama to also endorse same-sex marriage in a reelection year. Those statements by Biden, which came three years before the landmark Obergefell v. The president - who earlier Friday signed a bill establishing a national memorial at the site of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting - also recalled his visit during the 2020 campaign to the historic Stonewall Inn in New York City, his late son Beau’s advocacy for transgender rights, and his 2012 comments in support of same-sex marriage. I’m proud to lead the most pro-LGBTQ equality administration in U.S.
“There’s something else that matters: Results. Malcolm Kenyatta, who is gay, and Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine, the first openly transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate. When it was Biden’s turn to take the lectern, he declared that the attendees’ “presence here this afternoon makes a simple, strong statement: Pride is back at the White House.” The president said the month of celebration stood for courage, justice and love - “being able to love yourself, love whoever you love, and love this country enough to make it more fair and more free and more just.”Īt various points in his address, Biden singled out LGBTQ government officials in the audience including Pennsylvania state Rep.
