Musk's tweets, such as "My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci," have been seen as direct jabs at the LGBTQ community and gender identifiers. He has also been a skeptic of the U.S. government's handling of the pandemic and ended Twitter's COVID-19 misinformation policy.
Tina Kotek was sworn in as Governor of Oregon on Monday, becoming one of the first two out lesbian governors in the nation alongside Massachusetts' Maura Healey. Kotek, a Democrat, was previously the Speaker of the Oregon House and the first lesbian to hold that position in the US, and was also the longest-serving speaker in Oregon history. As Governor, she succeeds fellow Democrat Kate Brown, who was the first out bisexual Governor in the nation.