Beginning at 4:25 PM EDT, the White House will begin streaming tonight’s Stonewall celebration. You can watch it here.
Brian Bond, who organized the event, has written about tonight’s event:
As a gay kid growing up in rural Missouri – I never thought I would end up helping to organize an LGBT Pride event in the White House. Then again, I never thought I would ever realize my dream to work in the White House. But thanks to the historic election of Barack Obama, today I am honored to be working here.
. . . People may not know this, but there hasn’t been a significant event since the President took office that hasn’t included the LGBT community — discussions on the economy and the recovery, or health care — but this event is special to me and to many of the people that haven’t been here for many years.
. . . I am here because I know the President and this Administration believe that too and are committed to fighting for equality – yes it will take time, and yes we should be pushing and yes you should too. We are all in this together and I am equally proud of both my President and my community.
While some of Bond’s words are . . . disingenuous, his point is taken, if not entirely accepted.
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