In his last year in office, President Barack Obama said of LGBT Pride Month, "Last year's landmark Supreme Court decision guaranteeing marriage equality in all 50 States was a historic victory for LGBT Americans, ensuring dignity for same-sex couples and greater equality across State lines. President Trump had issued a " Presidential Message" on June 1 for Global Coptic Day.
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"'In this moment, we must unite like never before and take action, combat racism in all its forms and end white supremacy, not as necessary corollaries to our mission, but as integral to the objective of full equality.'” LGBTQ people - led in large part by transgender women of color - resisted police brutality and violence at Stonewall, the Black Cat and Compton’s Cafeteria, among others,'" said David. In response, HRC President Alphonso David said, 'In a global pandemic and national crisis highlighting ongoing racial violence and police brutality across the country - violence that particularly targets Black lives - Trump and his administration have stoked division, hate and anger with continued attacks on LGBTQ people, people of color, immigrants and other vulnerable communities.'" In a statement on June 2, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), an LGBT advocacy group, said, "While Trump and Pence acknowledged Global Coptic Day, they failed to recognize Pride Month. President Trump proclaimed June as National Home Ownership Month.