
June is LGTBQ+ Pride Month, and the White House has attracted controversy for hosting a high-profile event at the beginning of the month unveiling a postage stamp featuring Nancy Reagan.
Critics say the former first lady and her husband, president Ronald Reagan, were publicly homophobic and failed to meaningfully address the beginnings of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, despite them being friends with many LGTBQ+ people they knew from their time in Hollywood and washington society.