The president announced initiatives to protect LGBTQ+ communities from attacks, helping youths with mental health and homelessness, and counter book bans.
President Joe Biden during a briefing on extreme weather preparedness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. President Joe Biden has invited thousands of LGBTQ+ individuals to celebrate Pride Month on Thursday in a high-profile show of support at a time when the community feels under attack like never before and the White House has little recourse to beat back a flood of state-level legislation against them.
Queen HD the DJ was handling the music; singer Betty Who was on tap to perform. The nation's capital was under a "code purple" air quality alert, the fifth-highest level on the six-level Biden, a Democrat, announced that the Department of Homeland Security, working with the Justice and Health and Human Services departments, will partner with LGBTQ+ community organizations to provide safety resources and training to help thwart violent attacks.
The White House points to Biden's support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer individuals, including appointing them to prominent positions in the White House, such as Jean-Pierre, and across the federal government.
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