'I want to say directly to LGBTQI+ kids, you are loved just as you are,’ White House Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said amid a flurry of recent state bills targeted at LGBTQ kids and gender affirming care for youth
"We are so proud of the kids across this country who have organized protests and school walkouts to tell the politicians in their states to stop this legislative bullying," Karine Jean-Pierre, the first openly gay White House press secretary, said at the White House podium on Thursday.
"I know that these political tacks can really take a toll on people's mental health. So I want to say directly to LGBTQI+ kids, you are loved just as you are, just the way you are."Hillsborough High School students protest a Republican-backed bill dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" that would prohibit classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity, a measure Democrats denounced as being anti-LGBTQ, in Tampa, Florida, U.S., March 3, 2022.
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