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.
Joe Biden from a video conversation he had with Alphonso David Human Rights Campaign endorsed Vice President Joe Biden for president on the eighth anniversary of Biden’s coming out if favor of marriage equality.
When Biden spoke on Meet the Press in 2012 endorsing marriage equality, President Barack Obama followed suit within days. “His dedication to advancing LGBTQ equality, even when it was unpopular to do so, has pushed our country and our movement forward,” said HRC president Alphonso David