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- STUART DELERY TO SERVE AS FIRST OPENLY GAY WHE HOE UNSEL
- RICHARD GRENELL NOW HIGHT-RANKG OPENLY GAY OFFICIAL US ERNMENT HISTORY
- TMP NAM THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PERSON TO A BET-LEVEL POSN
- JOE BIN APPOTS OUT GAY MAN TO LEAD THE WHE HOE’S PERSONNEL OFFICE
- JOE BIN PICKS GAY MAN AS WHE HOE SOCIAL SECRETARYCARLOS ELIZONDO IS ALSO THE FIRST OPENLY LGBTQ PERSON NAMED TO THE BIN-HARRIS ADM'S SENR {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY SAM MANZELLANOVEMBER 24, 2020/5:14 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2095PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGWILMINGTON, DELAWARE - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. PRINT-ELECT JOE BIN SPEAKS AS HE ADDRS THE MEDIA AFTER A VIRTUAL MEETG WH THE NATNAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATN'S EXECUTIVE MTEE AT THE QUEEN THEATER ON NOVEMBER 19, 2020 WILMGTON, DELAWARE. MR. BIN AND HIS ADVISORS NTUE THE PROCS OF TRANSNG TO THE WHE HOE. (PHOTO BY JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAG)BY SAM MANZELLANOVEMBER 24, 2020 / 5:14 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"JOE BIN PICKS GAY MAN AS WHE HOE SOCIAL SECRETARY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-11-24T22:14:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-11-24T22:14:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAM MANZELLA","KEYWORDS":"ELECTN","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BIN-HARRIS TRANSN TEAM HAS NAMED THE ADMISTRATN'S FIRST OPENLY LGBTQ SENR STAFFER: CARLOS ELIZONDO, WHO WILL SERVE AS WHE HOE SOCIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS METROWEEKLY REPORTS, ELIZONDO WAS TAPPED FOR THE POSN EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE TEXAS NATIVE AND OUT GAY MAN IS AN EVENT PLANNER WHO LIV WASHGTON, D.C., WH HIS PARTNER. DURG THE OBAMA ADMISTRATN, ELIZONDO PREVLY SERVED AS SOCIAL SECRETARY FOR JOE BIN, WHO WAS VICE PRINT AT THE TIME. HIS ROLE CLUD SCHLG, PLANNG, AND EXECUTG ALL EVENTS HOSTED BY BIN OR HIS FAY MEMBERS, CLUDG VISS WH CELEBRI, OTHER U.S. POLICIANS, AND FOREIGN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A MEDIA STATEMENT, BIN HIGHLIGHTED THE DIVERSY OF HIS SENR STAFF APPOTE, ELIZONDO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THEIR DITN TO OVERG THE CHALLENG FACG OUR UNTRY TODAY ARE ROOTED THEIR DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENC," THE PRINT-ELECT SAID. "THEY WILL SERVE THE AMERIN PEOPLE AND HELP BUILD BACK BETTER, CREATG A MORE JT, EQUABLE, AND UNED NATN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BIN'S TRANSN TEAM IS STAYG TE TO THE DEMOCRAT'S WORD THAT HE WOULD APPOT THE MOST DIVERSE, LGBTQ-CLIVE WHE HOE STAFF U.S. HISTORY. AS NEWNOWNEXT PREVLY REPORTED, THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO VICE PRINT-ELECT KAMALA HARRIS IS KARE JEAN-PIERRE, AN OUT LBIAN — AND A REPORTED NTENR FOR BIN'S PRS SECRETARY. FORMER PRINTIAL NDIDATE PETE BUTTIGIEG, WHO IS ALSO OPENLY GAY, IS EXPECTED TO BE APPOTED TO A POSN THE ADMISTRATN, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BIN-HARRIS TRANSN TEAM ALSO CLUS SHAWN SKELLY, A U.S. NAVY VETERAN AND PROUD TRANS WOMAN. SKELLY WAS NAMED EARLIER THIS MONTH TO THE TEAM'S DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AGENCY REVIEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX PRI MONTH, 2022
- A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH, 2021
STUART DELERY TO SERVE AS FIRST OPENLY GAY WHE HOE UNSEL
Ken Choe, a gay man, is on the Department of Health and Human Servic team. Other lbian and gay transn team members clu Michael Gut on the State Department team, Jeff Marootian on the Department of Transportatn team, Kathleen Hartt and Lynn Rosenthal on the Jtice Department team, and Kei Koizumi on the Natnal Science Foundatn and Office of Science and Technology Policy team. Tammy Baldw, the first openly gay person elected to the Senate, for the Department of Health and Human Servic; Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and the first openly gay Democratic printial ndidate, for ambassador to the Uned Natns; and Massachetts Attorney General Mra Healey, the first openly gay attorney general, for U.
Randi Wegarten, print of the Amerin Feratn of Teachers, who is a lbian, is on the group’s list as a potential choice to lead the Edutn Department, as is Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, the first openly gay and first Latx mayor of Long Beach. In 2017, Bostic ma history as the first Black man and first openly gay man to lead a regnal bank for the Feral Rerve when he was chosen to bee the print of the Feral Rerve Bank of Atlanta.
Mark Takano (D-CA), who was the first openly gay person of Asian scent elected to Congrs. Print-elect Joe Bin has named the first out member of his Whe Hoe staff -- Carlos Elizondo, a gay man who will be social secretary.
RICHARD GRENELL NOW HIGHT-RANKG OPENLY GAY OFFICIAL US ERNMENT HISTORY
Won't be the first gay man to be Whe Hoe social secretary -- that distctn went to Jeremy Bernard, who held that post durg part of Obama's princy, the first man and the first out gay person to do is expected to announce more LGBTQ+ staffers. "But the face of homophobia and transphobia, queer activists and policians are attemptg to shift the msage om one of hate to one of mattersBrton (who did not rpond to Yahoo Life's requt for ment) is not the first drag performer to have dispted 1961, José Sarria, a part-time drag queen, beme the first out gay ndidate to n for office the Uned Stat — 15 years before Harvey Milk, the first out gay man to be elected to public office California, beme a member of the San Francis Board of Supervisors 1977. "I thk the right-wg attacks are gross and rooted homophobia, " Cummgs tells Yahoo Life of Brton's crics.
TMP NAM THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PERSON TO A BET-LEVEL POSN
But he won’t be workg alone: The former vice print has already tapped LGBTQ appote for several key rol and gay rights advot are hopeful that more will be named, cludg the first out Cabet member nfirmed by the Senate.
Tobar, a lbian, also worked as a munitns director for the Bin November, Carlos Elizondo, who is gay and was Bin’s social secretary when Bin was vice print, was named Whe Hoe social secretary.
JOE BIN APPOTS OUT GAY MAN TO LEAD THE WHE HOE’S PERSONNEL OFFICE
”In Febary, Tmp appoted a gay man, Richard Grenell, as actg director of natnal telligence, makg him the first out member of a printial Cabet. In early May, Bin named Kare Jean-Pierre as Whe Hoe prs secretary, makg her the first openly gay person appoted to the posn. The new job, a bet-level posn, mak Grenell the hight servg openly gay man to hold feral office Uned Stat history.
“I know I speak for so many the LGBT muny who love and support this urageo appotment by Print Tmp, ” add Whe, who is gay. Print Barack Obama never appoted an openly gay bet member, a source of bterns for LGBT activists at the time.
Last December — jt hours before his boss was impeached by the Hoe of Reprentativ — Grenell led the Uned Natns nmng 69 untri that still outlaw homosexualy.
JOE BIN PICKS GAY MAN AS WHE HOE SOCIAL SECRETARYCARLOS ELIZONDO IS ALSO THE FIRST OPENLY LGBTQ PERSON NAMED TO THE BIN-HARRIS ADM'S SENR {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY SAM MANZELLANOVEMBER 24, 2020/5:14 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2095PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGWILMINGTON, DELAWARE - NOVEMBER 19: U.S. PRINT-ELECT JOE BIN SPEAKS AS HE ADDRS THE MEDIA AFTER A VIRTUAL MEETG WH THE NATNAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATN'S EXECUTIVE MTEE AT THE QUEEN THEATER ON NOVEMBER 19, 2020 WILMGTON, DELAWARE. MR. BIN AND HIS ADVISORS NTUE THE PROCS OF TRANSNG TO THE WHE HOE. 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THE TEXAS NATIVE AND OUT GAY MAN IS AN EVENT PLANNER WHO LIV WASHGTON, D.C., WH HIS PARTNER. DURG THE OBAMA ADMISTRATN, ELIZONDO PREVLY SERVED AS SOCIAL SECRETARY FOR JOE BIN, WHO WAS VICE PRINT AT THE TIME. HIS ROLE CLUD SCHLG, PLANNG, AND EXECUTG ALL EVENTS HOSTED BY BIN OR HIS FAY MEMBERS, CLUDG VISS WH CELEBRI, OTHER U.S. POLICIANS, AND FOREIGN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A MEDIA STATEMENT, BIN HIGHLIGHTED THE DIVERSY OF HIS SENR STAFF APPOTE, ELIZONDO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THEIR DITN TO OVERG THE CHALLENG FACG OUR UNTRY TODAY ARE ROOTED THEIR DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENC," THE PRINT-ELECT SAID. "THEY WILL SERVE THE AMERIN PEOPLE AND HELP BUILD BACK BETTER, CREATG A MORE JT, EQUABLE, AND UNED NATN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BIN'S TRANSN TEAM IS STAYG TE TO THE DEMOCRAT'S WORD THAT HE WOULD APPOT THE MOST DIVERSE, LGBTQ-CLIVE WHE HOE STAFF U.S. HISTORY. AS NEWNOWNEXT PREVLY REPORTED, THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO VICE PRINT-ELECT KAMALA HARRIS IS KARE JEAN-PIERRE, AN OUT LBIAN — AND A REPORTED NTENR FOR BIN'S PRS SECRETARY. FORMER PRINTIAL NDIDATE PETE BUTTIGIEG, WHO IS ALSO OPENLY GAY, IS EXPECTED TO BE APPOTED TO A POSN THE ADMISTRATN, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BIN-HARRIS TRANSN TEAM ALSO CLUS SHAWN SKELLY, A U.S. NAVY VETERAN AND PROUD TRANS WOMAN. SKELLY WAS NAMED EARLIER THIS MONTH TO THE TEAM'S DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AGENCY REVIEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
“I want them to unrstand that you nnot put someone jail or kill someone simply for beg gay, ” Grenell told the assembled reprentativ, some om natns where LGBTQ people are targeted. Richard Grenell is the first openly gay person to hold a Cabet-level posn. Before beg actg director of natnal telligence, he led an effort to crimalize homosexualy untri where is illegal.
A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, AND INTERSEX PRI MONTH, 2022
In the year sce the effort started, one untry has crimalized homosexualy. Print Tmp beme the first print to name an openly gay person to a Cabet-level posn this week wh the appotment of Richard Grenell as actg director of natnal telligence. Grenell was already the hight-profile gay person an admistratn wh a mixed rerd on LGBTQ+ rights.
As ambassador to Germany, he spearhead a global effort to end the crimalizatn of homosexualy nearly 70 untri where is still illegal. The iative followed the reported hangg of a gay man Iran, one of the Tmp admistratn’s adversari, and an op-ed for a German news publitn Grenell voiced a ll to arms.
“Beg gay is a ath sentence eight untri and crimalized 70 more.
A PROCLAMATN ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER PRI MONTH, 2021
Only one untry, Botswana, has crimalized homosexualy sce then.
Tmp was the first Republin printial nomee to mentn gay rights on the mpaign trail.
Embassy Berl hosted a roundtable on the subject of crimalizg homosexualy July.