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President Biden hosted a “Pride Month 2023” event on the White House lawn Saturday, decorating the area with rainbow motifs and the “Progress Pride flag.”
The event, hosting performers and speakers representing LGBT causes, acclaimed the Pride community as “the bravest and most inspiring people” and an “example” for the US and the entire world.
“Outside the gates of this house are those who want to drag our country backwards, and so many battles yet to be braved. But today, we’re not here to be strong. We’re not here to be courageous. Even though for so many of you, just coming to this event is an act of bravery,” said First Lady Jill Biden.
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First Lady Jill Biden gave the opening remarks during the White House’s 2023 Pride Month celebration in Washington D.C., June 10, 2023. (White House)
“Every day that you’re alive and someone loves you is a miracle,” Jill Biden said, quoting feminist author Rita Brown. She added, “And when you leave here to go back to the place that needs so much change, take that miracle with you.”
The first lady was followed by Scarlett Harvey, a health and fitness coach from Houston, Texas.
Harvey told the crowd outside the White House that she has experienced discrimination as a lesbian mother in a conservative state and thanked Biden for his support of LGBT movements before giving the podium to the president.
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A “Progress Pride Flag” is hung from the balcony of the White House between two American Flags at President Biden’s Pride Month 2023 event, June 10, 2023. (White House)
“Happy Pride Month!” Biden told the crowd. “Happy Pride Year! Happy Pride Life!”
A “Progress Pride Flag” was hung on the balcony of the White House for the event, flanked by two American Flags.
During his speech, the president repeated an anecdote he has told frequently in the past — claiming that when he was a child he witnessed two men…
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