Joe Biden just threw the biggest White House Pride party in history

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ people gathered on the White House South Lawn to celebrate Pride Month with President Biden.
Photo: Jerame Davis

Joe Biden’s White House Pride celebration may have been delayed due to the dangerous smoke from Canada’s wildfires that engulfed the East Coast, but on Saturday, the President more than made up for it.

Biden threw the biggest White House Pride party in history, a party so big everyone couldn’t fit inside the building.

Held on the South Lawn, Biden turned it up with a Betty Who concert, a children’s play area, drinks, food, and an adoring crowd of hundreds of LGBTQ+ people from all over the country.

Attendees start to gather on the South Lawn for the White House Pride Month celebration

Attendees start to gather on the South Lawn for the White House Pride Month celebration
Photo: Jerame Davis

“So today, I want to send a message to the entire community — especially to transgender children: You are loved. You are heard. You’re understood. And you belong,” Biden told the hundreds of guests.

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