Kamala Harris stated she was 'proud to welcome members of the LGBTQI+ group' to her dwelling to rejoice Satisfaction Month, which kicked off on June 1.
Three-time RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant and co-host of We’re Right here, Shangela, also referred to as D.J. Pierce when not performing in drag, has develop into the primary particular person ever dolled up in drag to attend a vice-presidential occasion at their dwelling. Vice President Kamala Harris, 57, invited the 40-year-old drag legend to introduce her at a June 28 Satisfaction Month occasion, held at her official residence, which is called Quantity One Observatory Circle. Shangela expressed his utmost gratitude for the distinction in a publish on Instagram the next day. “I awakened in the present day asking myself ‘did that actually simply occur?’ Final evening I had the distinction of turning into the primary drag queen in drag to ever attend an occasion on the residence of the Vice President of America. It was additionally the primary time that an LGBTQ+ Satisfaction Occasion had been held on the residence. MAJOR. Thanks Madame @vp for being an genuine ally and for not solely holding this LGBTQ occasion at ur residence, however for additionally inviting me to make a couple of welcoming remarks. Wow,” he gushed on the high of his publish.
“After laughing and sobbing on the cellphone with my Mother this morning, I took a sec to take this in. Me – the lil, nation homosexual child from Paris, TX simply helped introduce the best rating feminine chief ever elected in our Nation. And I did it standing in my Fact. Proudly representing my group,” he enthusiastically continued in his publish. “Right here’s to all of the dreamers. I’m doing it, and so can YOU. I won't have ever gained a crown, however that has by no means stopped me from being a Queen.”
Within the video of the speech he shared, Shangela gushed about how essential it's to have somebody as influential as Kamala to be supportive of individuals inside the LGBTQ+ group. “Drag Queens, I prefer to say, belong all over the place,” he proudly acknowledged. “Particularly within the residence of the vice chairman.” In a while within the speech, he stated, “Isn’t it so great to have an advocate in your group, to have somebody who believes in equality, who believes in equal rights, and who believes in development for all our communities, particularly for somebody who believes with us that the LGBTQ+ group belongs in a visual place? That is what visibility appears like.”
In one other publish, Shangela shared a selfie with Kamala. “Celebrating LGBTQ Satisfaction tonite alongside our Madame Vice President at her and the Second Gentleman’s residence in DC. Thanks in your phrases about activism and your dedication to standing collectively for Equality for all,” he wrote.
Kamala posted in regards to the energetic occasion on her Instagram Story through a Boomerang of a mini Ferris wheel that served as a drink holder in her luscious yard. “For me, Satisfaction Month has at all times been a joy-filled celebration. I used to be proud to welcome members of the LGBTQI+ group to rejoice Satisfaction with me at my dwelling,” she wrote over the snapshot. She additionally shared some behind-the-scenes footage from the evening, together with a clip of a efficiency by Hayley Kiyoko and a photograph of her home lit up with Satisfaction colours.
Kamala has made certain to help the LGBTQ+ group all month lengthy. On June 12, she spoke on stage at Capitol Satisfaction with Drag Race season 13 champion Symone and addressed the anti-LGBTQ+ violence the group faces. “Nobody ought to worry going to a nightclub for worry that a terrorist may attempt to take them down,” Harris stated in her speech, referencing the tragic Pulse nightclub capturing in Florida, which occurred six years in the past on that day. “Nobody ought to worry loving who they love,” she continued in a while within the shifting speech. “Our youngsters in Texas and Florida shouldn't worry who they're,” she added. Texas, Florida, and several other different American states have numerous legal guidelines that impede the rights of the queer group, as Kamala talked about in her considerate speech.