Trump’s new White House Press Secretary targets transgender people in first briefing
Karoline Leavitt said that “sanity has been restored” because it only recognizes a gender binary.
January 28, 2025
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Karine Jean-Pierre ‘absolutely heartbroken’ over Oklahoma teen Nex Benedict’s death
Karine Jean-Pierre shone the White House’s spotlight onto the tragic death of a bullied nonbinary teenager in Oklahoma.
February 23, 2024
Karine Jean-Pierre Hosts ‘The L Word’ Cast & Creator at White House Press Briefing
The White House is marking Lesbian Visibility Week.
April 25, 2023
Karine Jean-Pierre gives emotional final White House Press Briefing
”This is a good day,” the White House Press Secretary said at the beginning of the briefing, noting the successful Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement.
January 15, 2025
Karine Jean-Pierre: 1st Gay Person to Lead White House Press Briefing
The principal deputy press secretary answered questions on COVID-19, a mass shooting, and her own historic role.
May 26, 2021
White House Announces Crisis Hotline for LGBTQ+ Youth
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced the option during Thursday’s White House press briefing.
April 7, 2023
Karine Jean-Pierre Denounces 'Don't Say Gay' Expansion and Bud Light Threats
At Thursday's briefing, the White House press secretary had much to say about anti-LGBTQ+ actions.
April 21, 2023
White House highlights Daily Caller’s retraction of false Easter egg story
Karine Jean-Pierre took a moment during Tuesday’s White House press briefing to note the right-wing outlet’s actions.
April 2, 2024
Obama on Jason Collins: Couldn't Be Prouder
At the end of the White House press briefing Tuesday, President Obama decided to take one more question regarding gay NBA player Jason Collins.
April 30, 2013
Karine Jean-Pierre, WH Press Secretary, Opens Up About Coming Out
Jean-Pierre took a moment at the beginning of Tuesday's White House press briefing to speak of her coming-out story for National Coming Out Day.
October 12, 2022
Karine Jean-Pierre to Be 1st Black, LGBTQ+ White House Press Secretary
A lesbian, Jean-Pierre, whose appointment was announced Thursday, has been serving the Biden administration as the principal deputy White House press secretary.
May 5, 2022
Karine Jean-Pierre slams right-wing misinformation on Trans Day of Visibility
No, President Biden wasn't disrespecting Easter in proclaiming Sunday TDOV, the out press secretary said — they just happened to fall on the same date.
April 2, 2024
Karine Jean-Pierre Makes History as First Lesbian WH Press Secretary
In her first briefing in the post, Jean-Pierre honored the victims of the Buffalo shooting and noted the historic nature of her position as a Black and queer immigrant.
May 16, 2022
Karine Jean-Pierre to Fox's Peter Doocy: 'I'm Done Here'
The White House press secretary clearly had enough of Doocy pressing her about protests against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at a D.C. restaurant.
July 8, 2022
Karine Jean-Pierre Violated Hatch Act With Election-Related Statements, Agency Says
The Office of Special Counsel made this finding in response to a complaint from a conservative group.
June 13, 2023
White House Correspondents' Association president Eugene Daniels blasts decision to block AP journalists
Eugene Daniels called the White House's actions “outrageous and a deeply disappointing escalation of an already unacceptable situation.”
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February 14, 2025
The exit interview: Karine Jean-Pierre on misinformation, the White House, and making queer history
Karine Jean-Pierre spoke to The Advocate about being press secretary under President Joe Biden, living and working proud and out, and what she plans to do now.
January 23, 2025
Trans Influencer Rose Montoya Banned from White House After Topless Incident
Montoya was attending the large White House Pride Month event on the South Lawn.
June 14, 2023
Karine Jean-Pierre Reflects on Historic Marriage Act Signing
The White House Press Secretary reflected on the significance of the day as the first out LGBTQ+ person to hold the position.
December 13, 2022
Karine Jean-Pierre calls out Republican attacks on transgender Americans during Pride Month
The White House Press Secretary touted the Biden-Harris administration’s support for LGBTQ+ people as GOP-led states attack the community.
June 18, 2024
Lucian Wintrich Claims He's Victim of Homophobic Assault at White House
The gay, alt-right writer's version of what happened hasn't been supported by witnesses.
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March 11, 2017