Alphonso David (born 1970) is an American attorney and LGBT civil rights leader. In August 2019, he became the president of the Human Rights Campaign. He is the first civil rights lawyer and first person of color to serve as president of the organization.
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s most prominent LGBTQ advocacy organization, endorsed Joe Biden for president.Today’s announcement from HRC came on the eighth anniversary of Biden’s appearance on Meet the Press in which he endorsed marriage equality.
He was vice president then, and President Barack Obama made a similar statement a few days later.“Vice President Joe Biden is the leader our community and our country need at this moment,” HRC President Alphonso David said in a press release.