Who is Karine Jean-Pierre’s partner Suzanne Malveaux?

KARINE Jean-Pierre has made history in her position in Biden’s administration.

She has also been open about her coming out experience.

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Who is Karine Jean-Pierre’s partner Suzanne Malveaux?

Suzanne Malveaux, 54, was born and raised in Lansing, Michigan.

Malveaux attended Harvard University, earning a degree in sociology, before attending Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

She, like her partner, has had an extensive career in broadcast journalism.

Highlights include co-anchoring CNN’s Around the World and editions of the CNN newsroom.

She also served as a White House correspondent and as a primary substitute to Wolf Blitzer on The Situation Room.

Malveaux and Jean-Pierre live in Washington DC with their adopted daughter Soleil.

What has Karine Jean-Pierre said about coming out?

Jean-Pierre shared part of her story on Twitter in honor of Pride Month.

She wrote: “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 over the course of 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.”

According to a Gallup poll, 5.6% of Americans identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community with an even smaller percentage being Black women.

Jean-Pierre expressed her pride for her small but vulnerable community, “I’m proud to be an out Black Queer woman and I have been for quite some time. I’m happy to say, my Mother is now proud of ALL of who I am; she loves my partner and she loves being a doting grandmother to the daughter we are raising.”

“My journey towards feeling accepted by myself and loved ones wasn’t an easy one, but it was worthwhile. No matter where you are in your journey, I see you, we see you and we celebrate you  – Happy Pride!”

She said she first shattered that glass ceiling when she served as a staffer in the Obama administration.

“What’s been wonderful is that I was not the only; I was one of many. President Obama didn’t hire LGBT staffers, he hired experienced individuals who happen to be LGBT,” she said.

“Serving and working for President Obama where you can be openly gay has been an amazing honor.”

Who is Karine Jean-Pierre and how did she make history?

Karine Jean-Pierre has been serving as the White House Deputy Press Secretary to Jen Psaki since January 2021.

Prior to this, Jean-Pierre was President Joe Biden‘s Chief of Staff, while he was campaigning for the presidency.

And on May 26, 2021, Jean-Pierre made history by becoming the first openly gay woman and the second Black woman to hold the prestigious position.

Jean-Pierre made history while announcing history — namely, that the Biden administration just confirmed Kristen Clarke as the first woman of color to head up the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.

Jean-Pierre was very proud of her accomplishment.

“I appreciate the historic nature, I really do,” she said.

“But I believe being behind this podium, being in this room, being in this building, is not about one person. It’s about what we do on behalf of the American people.”