Karine Jean-Pierre, WH Press Secretary, Opens Up About Coming Out
On Tuesday, at the beginning of her daily press briefing, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre spoke about her experience coming out and urged LGBTQ+ Americans not to give up.
Her remarks celebrated National Coming Out Day.“Like so many in the LGBTQ community, coming out wasn’t an easy thing to do,” Jean-Pierre said. “My family was traditional and conservative.
Being gay in my family wasn’t something that you mentioned out loud or celebrated. But my family — like many, many other families — grew to accept who I was.
They saw that who I loved didn’t change who I was as a person, it didn’t change the things I like to do, and it didn’t change the goals I had for my life.”Jean-Pierre asked Americans to take inspiration from the “beauty of America...that you can achieve your dreams no matter your race, sex, country of origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity.”As the spokesperson for the most powerful person in the world and as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, Jean-Pierre acknowledged the current political climate in which conservatives are attacking queer and trans people.
