Hero Rebuilding America / LGBTQ Nation Heroes 2021 / Winners

Karine
Jean-Pierre

WINNER

Karine Jean-Pierre was named chief of staff to Kamala Harris during the campaign and was then picked to be Deputy White House Press Secretary. Not only is she the first out LGBTQ woman to hold a White House press conference, she rocked the internet when she smacked down a Fox reporter who wasn't paying attention.

The Mize-Gregg
family

RUNNER-UP

U.S. citizens and husbands Derek Mize and Jonathan Gregg won a years-long legal battle against the Trump administration to have their daughter - born in London with help from a surrogate - recognized as a U.S. citizen under the same process used for children of straight couples.

Rep. Marie
Newman

Rep. Marie Newman beat the most anti-LGBTQ Democrat in Congress to win her seat last year. She put a trans flag up in front of her office - across the hall from transphobic Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene - and spoke passionately in favor of the Equality Act as both a progressive lawmaker and as the mother of a trans girl.

Pamela
Karlan

Deputy Assistant Attorney General Pamela Karlan issued a memo stating that anti-LGBTQ discrimination is already illegal under Title IX, creating a framework that the Biden administration would use to attack state-level anti-trans laws. She helped the DOJ file briefs on behalf of trans rights in two states.

Shawn
Skelly

Assistant Secretary for Readiness Shawn Skelly became the second trans person ever confirmed by the Senate to an administration position. A veteran herself, she was part of Joe Biden's transition team that evaluated the Department of Defense, a strong signal that the trans military ban would end when Biden took office.

Karine
Jean-Pierre

The Mize-Gregg
family

Rep. Marie
Newman

Pamela
Karlan

Shawn
Skelly

Trans youth advocate Jenn Burleton is an LGBTQ Nation Hometown Hero of 2021

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Karine Jean-Pierre

The Mize-Gregg family

Rep. Marie Newman

Pamela Karlan

Shawn Skelly

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Trans youth advocate Jenn Burleton is an LGBTQ Nation Hometown Hero of 2021

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Karine
Jean-Pierre

The Mize-Gregg
family

Rep. Marie
Newman

Pamela
Karlan

Shawn
Skelly