Hey John, it’s John, wishing you a Happy Pride Month! 🖤🤎❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Every June, we honor the LGBTQIA+ community – not just with flags and parades, but by remembering that Pride started as an *uprising*. A fight against injustice. ✊

Pride is a reminder that freedom isn’t handed out. We gotta fight for it. And yinz know I’ve been in this fight for a loooong time.

Back in 2013, when same-sex marriage was still illegal in Pennsylvania, I didn’t wait around for permission – I put on my nice shirt and officiated a gay wedding in Allegheny County, because it was the right thing to do. 🏳️‍🌈

I caught some heat for it. But I didn’t care. Because to me, it’s simple: It doesn’t matter who you love or how you identify, we all deserve the same damn rights and freedoms as Americans. 💯

But let’s not pretend that everything’s fine. The Trump administration and their extremist cronies are going after LGBTQIA+ rights again – and it’s straight-up un-American.

I’m not just gonna sit back while they come for my friends. In the Senate, I’ve backed the Equality Act, I’ve pushed to protect trans kids, and I vote to defend LGBTQIA+ rights every single chance I get – because this fight is about *real* people. It's not about scoring cheap political points like some far-right Republicans are trying to do.

So yeah, Pride Month is a celebration. But it’s also a call to action. If you're queer and live in PA – or anywhere in this country – I want you to know: I've got your back. Always. 🌈

If you're with me in this fight to protect our LGBTQIA+ friends, and you want to do something about it, you can use this link or the button below to chip in $5 and stand up to this hateful MAGA bullsh*t:

Happy Pride to everyone. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Love yinz,

John ❤️