'It was an afternoon filled with joy and hope, and this clip is a distraction,' said Family Equality's CEO, speaking about the White House's Pride celebration.
video of herself topless at the event, which brought outrage from both conservatives and pro-LGBTQ+ groups.
Stevenson is the first Black CEO of Family Equality, a nonprofit whose mission is to advance equality for LGBTQ+ Americans and ensure that those individuals have"the freedom to find, form, and sustain a family," according to the group's website. In a second video, Montoya defended going topless at the Pride picnic. But her remarks drew comments from numerous users who were concerned that her actions"gave the conservatives more ammo to go after the rest of [the LGBTQ+ community]," as one wrote.
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