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We're Here, We're Queer, and We Are Family

We’re Here, We’re Queer, and We Are Family

It’s a tough time to be an LGBTQ parent in the United States. Between legislation that threatens our ability to form and protect our families, attacks on books and media that reflect them, and concerns that impact all parents, like school shootings and pandemics, we may feel stressed and overwhelmed. Without denying those ills or our need to address them (which I have covered before and will again), I want to focus here on a few positive things to keep in mind.

Stuart Delery

Attorney and Gay Dad to Become White House Counsel

Attorney Stuart Delery, currently deputy counsel to the president, will become White House counsel next month, President Biden announced. Delery joins several other queer parents with leading roles in the administration.

#LGBTQFamiliesDay 2022

Starting Pride with Joy: An LGBTQ Families Day Recap

Thank you to everyone who participated in LGBTQ Families Day yesterday, starting Pride Month with a burst of joy and reminding us of the love within and across our families! Here’s a recap with highlights from the event, including some high-profile folks who took part.

Karine Jean-Pierre gives her first White House press briefing on May 26, 2021.

Lesbian Mom of Color to Become New White House Press Secretary

President Joe Biden announced he is promoting Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre to become White House press secretary when Jen Psaki steps down next week. Jean-Pierre will be the first Black woman and the first out LGBTQ person in the role—and also the first Black or queer mom!

Pete Buttigieg

What the Buttigiegs’ Parenthood Means for All of Us

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten have become parents. This puts them among the highest-visibility LGBTQ parents in the country, and that visibility has the potential to help further the acceptance of LGBTQ parents as a whole. They cannot, however, do this alone.

American flag with children's silhouettes

9 Highlights for LGBTQ Families from the First 24 Hours of the Biden Presidency

I slept better last night knowing that the U.S. nuclear codes were in the hands of someone not likely to make ego-driven decisions. I woke up refreshed thinking about the first vice president who is a woman, Black, and of South Asian descent. And I was delighted for LGBTQ families, who have a number of reasons to celebrate today.

Joe Biden

An Open Letter to Joe Biden from a Lesbian Mom

Dear President-elect Biden:

I’m writing you this open letter as you prepare to take office as president. My son was just a few months too young to vote in the last election, but watched it with great concern, for its results would directly impact him and his family. Would the next administration be one that treated our family with equality? Would it view families like ours as part of the rich fabric of American diversity or as aberrations?

Weekly Political Roundup

During the 1996 Illinois Senate race, Barack Obama asserted, “I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages,” a distinct change from his current position. The Washington Blade reports that three more openly LGBT people will serve in the Obama administration, David Medina, as deputy chief of staff for Michelle Obama,

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