Karine Jean-Pierre sat down with the Washington Blade for an exclusive interview in her office on Tuesday, a week before the two-year anniversary of her appointment as America’s first Black and first openly queer White House press secretary.
Her history-making tenure has come at an especially fraught time for LGBTQ people. The Biden-Harris administration has been widely celebrated as the most pro-equality in history.
Over the past four years, rights and freedoms were expanded through the passage of landmark legislation and the enactment of bold new policies by federal agencies like the FDA and U.S.
Department of Education, while the president elevated record-breaking numbers of LGBTQ appointees to serve in the highest levels of government.