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President Joe Biden issued an executive order Wednesday to counter what he called discriminatory legislative attacks on the LGBTQ+ community by Republican-controlled states.

January 18, 2024All federal workers, including employees of Congress, are eligible for up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act. That’s the benefit Buttigieg took advantage of when his children developed medical complications.But the decision to do so, in 2021, just months after being confirmed as Secretary of Transportation, has drawn jeers and derision from conservatives, many of whom believe that fathers shouldn’t qualify for parental leave since they do not directly give birth — or, apparently, have any significant role in child-rearing, except when it’s politically convenient to champion “parental rights.”Luna, 34, who gave birth to a son in August, had initially planned to return to Congress soon after giving birth.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg slammed Republicans over their repeated attacks against the LGBTQ community, claiming that conservative politicians are seeking to exploit populist anger over culture-war issues in order to distract from the more unpopular parts of their party’s platform.Speaking to MSNBC anchor Chris Jansing during an on-air interview on Tuesday, Buttigieg offered an explanation for what appears to be an onslaught of attacks targeting the LGBTQ community or displays of LGBTQ visibility.“I think it’s being done out of the perception that it is politically convenient to target vulnerable groups,” Buttigieg said of the GOP attacks, which take the form of both screeds by anti-LGBTQ pundits and legislation seeking to restrict LGBTQ rights or censor expressions of LGBTQ identity.In the past six months, more than 75 anti-LGBTQ bills have been signed into law in more than 20 states, prompting theHuman Rights Campaign to declare a national state of emergency for LGBTQ Americans.

joked about President Joe Biden, several Republicans expected to run for president in 2024, and even made blistering comments about his former boss, former President Donald Trump.Pence then trained his sights on his fellow Hoosier, quipping that if Biden doesn’t run for re-election, there’s “Pete Buttigieg, who’s an old friend of mine.”Buttigieg, who previously served as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, when Pence was governor of the state, has previously attacked Pence’s alleged homophobia and his support for a since-amended “religious freedom” law that critics said, in its original version, would have allowed blatant discrimination against LGBTQ people.“When Pete’s two children were born,” Pence continued, “he took two months’ maternity leave, where upon thousands of travelers were stranded in airports, the air traffic system shut down, airplanes nearly collided in midair.“I mean, Pete Buttigieg is the only person in human history to have a child and all the rest of us get postpartum depression.”Buttigieg took two months of paternity leave shortly after adopting twins with his husband, Chasten, in September 2021, prompting right-wing pundits to criticize him for doing so.The White House did not take kindly to the joke, with White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre taking aim at Pence in a statement.“The former vice president’s homophobic joke about Secretary Buttigieg was offensive and inappropriate, all the more so because he treated women suffering from postpartum depression as a punchline,” Jean-Pierre said.

Time Is a Mother, a deeply intimate collection reflecting on the grief and search for meaning after his mother’s death. Vuong will be in conversation with NPR reporter and Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir author Kat Chow, on Thursday, April 7.Next comes Van Ness in a conversation with Chasten Buttigieg that focuses on the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy‘s “candid and curious essay collection” Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life on Monday, April 11. A week later comes a discussion moderated by curator and author Kimberly Drew featuring Monáe and The Memory Librarian, a collection of science fiction and speculative fiction written by a group of authors including Monáe and inspired by her acclaimed album Dirty Computer, on Tuesday, April 19.It’s followed a day later by the Emmy-nominated viral sensation and musical comedian Rainbow touring to promote his new memoir Playing with Myself, on Wednesday, April 20.Sixth & I Historic Synagogue is at 600 “Eye” St.

Business Insider.The Buttigiegs have recently become fodder for socially conservative right-wingers, who have been incensed at the couple’s decision to adopt twins and by the Secretary’s decision to use parental leave to take care of the newborns shortly after they we’re born. Greene also attacked Lia Thomas, the UPenn swimmer who is the NCAA women’s 500-yard freestyle champion, deadnaming Thomas and echoing comments made by other conservatives that Thomas should not have been allowed to compete. “And old Lia Thomas? Lia is going to have to remember his name is William, and he needs to go back to men’s swimming because we’re going to kick the biological men out of women’s sports,” Greene said.Greene has been a vocal critic of transgender rights, often misgendering transgender individuals and attacking their family members, as she did with fellow Congresswoman Marie Newman’s (D-Ill.) daughter. After Greene railed against the Equality Act — a measure to prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ people in various facets of life — as “an attack on God’s creation,” Newman hung up a transgender flag outside her office, prompting Greene to hang up a sign reading: “There are two genders: Male & Female.

US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a conservative Republican, in a bizarre rant, said US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband should stay out of “our girl’s bathrooms.” At a Trump rally in Georgia on Saturday, March 26, Greene stated, “You know what? Pete Buttigieg can take his electric vehicles and his bicycles, and he and his husband can stay out of our girl’s bathrooms.” In response to Greene’s comments, Comedian Kathy Griffin tweeted “You guys, I cannot get secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband [Chasten Buttigieg] out of my bathroom!!! To be fair I do have a fabulous master bath and we were having brunch in there.”You guys, I cannot get secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband @Chasten out of my bathroom!!!To be fair I do have a fabulous master bath and we were having brunch in there.

“Don’t Say Gay” bill, highlighting the serious harm it could cause to LGBTQ youth.The Republican-backed bill, which is working its way through Florida’s legislature, would ban discussions of LGBTQ issues “in primary grade levels or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students.”Florida Republicans claim that the bill is a “parental rights” measure which will alert parents to topics that they might otherwise object to. However, Democrats have criticized the legislation, saying it will be interpreted and enforced by school districts in a way that effectively gags any discussion about LGBTQ-related topics, even in passing.Appearing on CNN Newsroom last week, Buttigieg was asked by host Jim Sciutto whether the “Don’t Say Gay” bill is “dangerous.”“Absolutely,” Buttigieg responded.

Florida, meaning from preschool up to Grade 3), or “in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students.”Buttigieg recently attacked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Twitter over the bill being pushed by DeSantis’ fellow Republicans, claiming that its would “kill kids” by making it harder for LGBTQ children to acknowledge their identities.

nearly identical companion bill has been introduced in the Senate by Sen. Dennis Baxley (R-Belleview), using much of the same language.Some parents praised lawmakers for moving to protect parental rights.

new documentary Mayor Pete.

Kal Penn, star of the Harold and Kumar film franchise,  Designated Survivor, House, and How I Met Your Mother has come out as gay in his new memoir You Can’t be Serious.  In a interview with People magazine, Penn, 44, discussed his  decision to come out, his partner Josh, and why he hadn’t made his sexuality publicly known before now.  “There’s no timeline on this stuff,” said Penn, who currently stars  on the CBS crime drama Clarice.

pic.twitter.com/kS89gb11Ax— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) September 4, 2021Pete Buttigieg revealed last month that the couple had become parents, noting at that time that the “process isn’t done yet.”Chasten Buttigieg had previously spoken about the couple’s efforts to start a family together. In an interview with the Washington Post in July, Buttigieg said that the couple had been attempting to adopt for a year.They had come close at one point, receiving a call about a woman entering labor who wanted to place the child up for adoption.

After announcing earlier this summer that they were expecting, Pete and Chasten Buttigieg have now revealed the birth of their two children. It is assumed that the children are twins.

He may not answer to ‘Commander-in-Chief,’ but now Pete Buttigieg, who  made headlines as the first Out LGBTQI+ person to enter the US  Presidential race, has a new job title – ‘Daddy.’ Buttigieg, 39, and his husband Chasten, 32, an author and former teacher,  announced on their respective social media accounts that they have become parents. Buttigieg, who was appointed as Secretary of Transportation by President  Joe Biden on February 2, is the first out LGBTQI+ Cabinet member in US history to be confirmed by the Senate.  Prior to running for president, Buttigieg served as Mayor of South Bend,  Indiana from 2012 to 2020. “For some time Chasten and I have wanted to grow our family.

August 17, 2021Chasten Buttigieg quote-tweeted the announcement, adding, “Some news!”While information was scarce, the couple received thousands of celebratory responses, including from First Lady Jill Biden, who tweeted, “Congratulations to you and @Chasten! Welcome to parenthood!

historic confirmation last month, which saw him become the first openly gay, Senate-confirmed member of a presidential cabinet.Buttigieg also discussed his plans for the Department of Transportation, why he still feels “imposter syndrome” despite his success, and how he reconciles being gay and Christian.Speaking to NBC News’ Savannah Sellers, Buttigieg noted the he could “feel the history swirling around us when [Vice President Kamala Harris] was swearing me in with my husband, Chasten, at my side.”Buttigieg, a former Naval reservist who served under the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, also commented on the progress made that allows an openly gay man to serve in a presidential cabinet.“There have been times in living memory where

people in the United States were not ready to see a gay president leading the nation, and said that former President Donald Trump would “have fun” facing off against Buttigieg if he were elected as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee.“Okay, how’s this going to look, 37-year-old gay guy kissing his husband on stage next to Mr. Man Donald Trump? What’s going to happen there?” Limbaugh said.

Dr. Biden is currently a trending topic on Twitter after a misogynistic article about Jill Biden was published in the Wall Street Journal.

Amy Coney Barrett be confirmed to the Supreme Court.The former mayor of South Bend, Ind., was appearing on Fox News on Sunday, Oct.

Equality California has almost an impossible task: rallying LGBTQ voters to help pro-equality Democrats retain the House, win back the Senate and oust the most incompetent, damaging president in U.S. history – while still keeping the organization afloat amidst a global pandemic and financial meltdown.