Exclusive: Vice President Harris Hosts Historic LGBTQ+ Pride Reception
Vice President Kamala Harris made history on Tuesday evening by hosting the first LGBTQ+ Pride Month reception as a sitting vice president at her residence.
Her home at the Naval Observatory in Northwest Washington, D.C., was a warm welcome for LGBTQ+ community members and friends.About 190 LGBTQ+ advocates, leaders, and allies attended the closed press event, including transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay cabinet member; interior secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American cabinet secretary; and Jessica Stern, the State Department's special envoy for LGBTQ+ rights.Like other Pride events since last week's Supreme Court decision on Roe v.
Wade, it celebrated equality for LGBTQ+ people and called for action.This month, Harris and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff surprised the crowd at D.C.'s Capital Pride Festival by becoming the first sitting vice president to speak at an LGBTQ+ Pride Festival.
Last year, her walk in an LGBTQ+ Pride march made her the first American vice president to do so. Emhoff was not at Tuesday's event because he is currently heading a presidential delegation to attend the inauguration of Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr.
