2022: President Joe Biden's LGBTQ-History-Making Year
If I ever get married, I'm going to ask President Joe Biden to perform the ceremony. The chances of that happening are about as likely as having a lesbian press secretary delivering the presidential daily briefing, or a gay cabinet secretary in charge of allocating nearly a trillion dollars of funding for an infrastructure deal, or putting an out, proud, and sex-positive doctor to help lead the U.S.
efforts against a raging virus.Wait, that all has happened, hasn't it? Therefore, Joe, if you're reading this, I've pretty much cornered you into officiating duties.I was thinking the other day that President Biden, an 80-year-old white man who grew up during a time when being queer was practically illegal, who started his political career soon after Stonewall, and whose contemporaries aren't known to be the most open-minded generation, has led the way for LGBTQ+ rights.As presidents go, has anyone been more historically consequential for our community than President Biden?What Biden has done so far in only two years in office required not only guts but astute leadership and a deep understanding of the machinations of government.
Presidents can’t just wave a magic wand and make everything wonderful, just like they can’t bend democracy and snap it in half, despite Trump's best efforts.
It's ironic that our community has gone from the worst president on LGBTQ+ issues to the greatest president working on our behalf.There are some things that are well beyond the president’s reach, such as gas prices and inflation for example.
