Official, looks like america. Nearly 14 of President Bidens federal agency appointees identify as lesbian, gay, buy sexual, transgender or queer. We will talk about what President Biden is doing to advance the rights of the Lgbtq Community. They include Pete Buttigieg, The First Out Gay senate confirmed cabinet member. The first out lgbtq members of the White House Communications Staff. The Assistant Secretary for health, dr. Rachel levine. Ned price, the first ever outgay State Department spokesperson. And at The End of the hour, well meet reggie greer, the senior adviser on lgbtq issues in the White House. This is what it means to be seen and heard. Biden appointees have tremendous influence over the direction of the administration, so its essential that lgbtq voices are at the table. Allies are invaluable. But the impact of policies on lgbtq lives is best understood by those within the community, and these officials work on more than what we might consider traditional lgbtq issues.
there was a time in american history when people accused of being gay were literally purged from their jobs by government mandate. and it all happened during this period that i had never heard of called the lavendar scare. if you stood up and said that you were a homosexual, that was the equivalent of saying, i m unamerican. tonight we meet americans whose patriotism was questioned because of what they did behind closed doors. we were taken to be interrogated because we were gay. and find families that are still reeling from a witch hunt our government never wanted us to know about. there s been a progression of it being illegal to be gay in the government. and it was my relative who led this whole thing . so we are in fresno, california, on my way to meet a woman who is part of a group that the united states government once considered one of the greatest security threats to our country. in the 1950s america was gripped by the red scare. even if there were only
time . i want to reassure all these people who have loved me and supported me throughout the last 15 years i would never let them down. we are actually hearing princess diana speak from the heart. she is giving her first ever solo interview. the public were riveted. 20 million of them watching. everybody hung on her every word. she went from military style jacket, very strong, very powerful, extremely chic. she is saying i know you re going to attack me and i m going into battle. i was a problem. it never happened before. what do we do with her? can t we pack her off to somewhere quietly rather than campaign against her? she won t go quietly. that s the problem. i ll fight till the end. she was controlled. on message. well rehearsed. it was a full hour of solid television with the camera trained right on her face so that she could say what she wanted. she saw an opportunity to go after charles. what a shot to take for diana. i would think that the top job