Happy Pride, John!

Every year, we take some time each June to celebrate and lift up our LGBTQIA+ friends and neighbors. It's a time to reflect on how far we've come and recommit ourselves to the fight for full, lived equality that is far from over.

But it's important to remember that the first Pride wasn't a parade -- it was a protest. Led predominantly by queer and transgender people of color, the Stonewall Riots proved to be the catalyst that the LGBTQIA+ rights movement needed. And ever since those activists stood up and demanded better for their community in 1969, our country has seen incredible progress in non-discrimination protections, access to marriage and adoption services, hate crime legislation, and more.

But we've still got so much more work to do, John. It's not lost on me that this year's Pride month is kicking off amidst a historic uprising of fed-up Americans ready to fight for justice that has been denied for far too long. This month -- and every month -- I stand with Black Lives Matter, and I stand with the LGBTQIA+ community.

We must continue working together to make our shared vision of justice for all a lived reality. And I hope you'll join me in this critical fight. Add your name now to stand in solidarity with our Black, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary, queer, intersex, asexual, and two-spirit friends and neighbors.

I truly believe that, one day, we will live in a country where all of us will be able to live, work, and prosper freely -- no matter the color of our skin, who we love, or how we identify. We just have to keep putting in the work that transformative change requires.

In solidarity,

Dwight