周二，电视节目《拉字至上:Q世代》的演员们和白宫新闻秘书郭佳欣·让-皮埃尔一起站在讲台上，纪念同性恋曝光周。
让-皮埃尔-第一个公开同性恋身份的白宫新闻秘书-说她看到“可见性和代表性每天是多么重要。”
“作为一个年轻的有色人种女同性恋者，我感到孤独，有时甚至被忽视，”让-皮埃尔在介绍这个团体时说。"对于我们社区的许多人来说，拉字的影响是不可低估的."
Jean-Pierre还讲述了一个个人故事，去年她去看了《拉字至上:Q世代》的一集录制，其中两位主角结婚了，她说那一刻“对全国的同性恋女性来说意义重大。”
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Jean-Pierre说，制片人艾琳·柴肯和女演员珍妮佛·贝尔、蕾莎·海利和凯瑟琳·莫宁出现在每日简报会上，他们将与拜登政府的LGBTQ工作人员会面，讨论“推进我们社区的完全平等”的努力。
Chaiken说，该组织感谢乔·拜登总统“给了我们第一位女同性恋新闻秘书，她代表了这么多年轻人和老年人的希望和可能性。”
“我们也实现了几个第一，把我们的故事带到了全国和世界各地的家庭和社区，”她补充说。
让-皮埃尔，柴肯和海利谴责他们说的目标法案变性青年以及国家主导的禁止LGBTQ主题书籍的努力。
“可见性不仅仅是被看到的行为。这是一种看的能力，”海利说。“所以，对于德克萨斯的图书管理员，倡导在书架上保留LGBTQIA主题的书籍，我们看到了你。作为拉比、牧师和部长领导他们社区的LGBTQI人，我们看到了你们。密苏里州的LGBTQIA社区即将失去他们的性别确认护理，我们看到了你。”
“在爱达荷州、威斯康星州、阿拉巴马州、田纳西州受多布斯判决影响的LGBTQIA社区，我们看到了你们，在LGBTQIA第一位公开的新闻秘书那里，我们看到了你们。可见性始于我们的家庭和社区。即使感觉你受到了攻击，也要知道我们看到了你，”她补充道。
让-皮埃尔在2021年5月被任命为新闻秘书时创造了历史。此后，她向家人详细讲述了自己的同性恋经历，并利用自己的平台批评共和党针对LGBTQ群体的政策。
《The L Word: Generation Q》是2019年重启的开创性原创系列，该系列于2004年首次亮相，讲述了一群生活在洛杉矶的女同性恋和双性恋者的故事。
'The L Word' cast appears at White House briefing to mark Lesbian Visibility Week
Cast members of the television show "The L Word: Generation Q" joined White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at the podium on Tuesday to mark Lesbian Visibility Week.
Jean-Pierre -- the first openly gay White House press secretary -- said she sees "everyday how important visibility and representation are."
"As a young queer woman of color, I felt alone and sometimes invisible," Jean-Pierre said as she introduced the group. "For so many people in our community, The L Word's impact cannot be understated."
Jean-Pierre also relayed a personal story of going to watch the taping of an episode of "The L Word: Generation Q" last year in which two of the main characters get married, a moment she said "meant so much to queer women across the country."
Producer Ilene Chaiken and actresses Jennifer Beals, Leisha Hailey and Katherine Moennig, who appeared at the daily briefing, will meet with LGBTQ staffers of the Biden administration to discuss efforts to "advance full equality for our community," Jean-Pierre said.
Chaiken said the group was thankful to President Joe Biden for "giving us the first out lesbian press secretary who represents hope and possibility for so many people young and a bit older."
"We, too, accomplished a few firsts by bringing our stories into homes and communities across the country and around the world," she added.
Jean-Pierre, Chaiken and Hailey condemned bills they say targettransgender youthand state-led efforts to ban books with LGBTQ themes.
"Visibility is not just the act of being seen. It is the ability to see," Hailey said. "So to the librarian in Texas, advocating to keep books with LGBTQIA themes on the shelves, we see you. To the LGBTQI people leading their communities as rabbis, pastors and ministers, we see you. To the LGBTQIA community in Missouri about to lose their gender affirming care, we see you."
"To the LGBTQIA community affected by the Dobbs decision in Idaho, Wisconsin, Alabama, Tennessee, we see you and to the first openly LGBTQIA press secretary, we see you. Visibility starts in our homes and our communities. And even if it feels like you're under attack, know that we see you," she added.
Jean-Pierre made history when she was appointed to step in as press secretary in May 2021. She's since talked at length about her own experience coming out as gay to her family and has used her platform to criticize Republican policies she says target the LGBTQ community.
"The L Word: Generation Q" is a 2019 reboot of the groundbreaking original series, which first debuted in 2004 and followed a group of lesbians and bisexuals living in Los Angeles.
