Karine Jean Pierre is an American political campaign organizer, activist, and commentator. She is also an author of the bestseller Moving Forward, A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and the Promise of America.
The 44-year-old, who served in Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign as Southeast regional political director, is currently the White House Principal Press Secretary.
She is the first black woman and the first openly gay person to occupy the position.
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Karine has been very open about her sexuality. She took to her Twitter last month to share her coming-out story as she celebrated Pride month.
She tweeted “I came out to my Mom when I was 16 years old.
The revolted look on her face sent me running back into the proverbial closet and slamming the door shut. After that, my sexuality became a family secret and it would stay that way for years.”
“I dated, but I hid those relationships from my family. Just as American society has evolved throughout the past couple of decades to embrace the LGBTQ community (never forgetting we still have work to do), my family has evolved to embrace my membership in it.”, she added.
She currently lives with her partner Suzanne Malveaux in Washington DC. They have an adopted six-year-old daughter, Soleil.
