Presidential Medal of Freedom

“When we talk about workers’ rights, women’s rights, and civil rights, we are having the same conversation about human rights – and the universal struggle to be understood and treated as equals.”

Now President Joe Biden has come calling.

“At this point in history, is there a better example, not just in America but in the world, of a leader that is [a] kind, decent, passionate human being?”

“Actually, that was a screw up… I think I assumed that she had already gotten one, and that was incorrect.”

He would need to increase funding for PrEP, protect LGBTQ rights, and increase access to affordable health care.

Rush Limbaugh has spewed anti-LGBTQ rhetoric ever since he explained how to avoid HIV: “Do not ask another man to bend over and make love at the exit point.”

Openly gay in an era far different from today, Rustin took his place among leaders of the 1963 March on Washington.

“I don’t know where those guys are now, but they didn’t get the Medal of Freedom.”

“I forgot my ID,” the comedian tweeted Tuesday afternoon from Lafayette Square. “#NotJoking.”

The stars are among 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s top honor for Americans not serving in the military.