Fox News and other right-wing outlets and commentators are having a total meltdown this week after Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary Rachel Levine declared it the “Summer of Pride.” “Happy Pride!
Happy Pride Month, and actually — let’s declare it a summer of Pride. Happy Summer of Pride,” Levine said in a video posted on the official HHS Instagram account.
Levine, who is currently the highest-ranking openly transgender official in the U.S. government, noted on Twitter that HHS will be “celebrating” Pride “all summer long.” “Today officially marks the 1st Day of Summer.
All summer long we will be celebrating the “Summer of Pride,” “I see it as an opportunity for change in our communities, states & nation.