About Gerren Keith Gaynor

Gerren Keith Gaynor is a White House Correspondent and the Managing Editor of Politics at theGrio. He is based in Washington, D.C.

Gaynor leads theGrio's political team alongside White House Correspondent and D.C. Bureau Chief April D. Ryan, covering the White House, Capitol Hill, and national politics. Notably, his work in Washington helped lead to theGrio becoming the first Black-owned digital news outlet to get a designated seat in the White House press briefing room. Gaynor has appeared on Cheddar TV, Revolt Black News, and Fox Soul’s “The Tammi Mac Show.” During Pride Month 2021, Forbes recognized Gaynor as one of “10 Black LGBTQ+ Figures And Activists to Know.”

As a Black, queer journalist, Gaynor understands the power of diversity and visibility, which is why he counts it as a privilege to represent Black and LGBTQ+ communities in political spaces where diversity has not historically been embraced. Living up to theGrio’s African meaning of “storyteller,” he is passionate about telling stories that inform and humanize Black and queer experiences.

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Gaynor is a proud HBCU graduate of Morehouse College and a graduate of Columbia University School of Journalism.

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May 20, 2023
The family and attorneys of Shanquella Robinson are hopeful after meeting with White House officials about the pending murder case in Mexico.
May 18, 2023
As millions celebrate Haitian Flag Day, many struggle to reconcile national pride and the devastation that has plagued the Caribbean nation.
May 17, 2023
The vice president gathered dozens of entrepreneurs of color to discuss how the Biden-Harris administration could support them.
May 16, 2023
In reaching Black voters this campaign season, surrogates aplenty are ready to tout the feats of the Biden-Harris White House.
May 13, 2023
As the new director of the Office of Public Engagement, Stephen Benjamin is the most senior Black man working inside the White House. 
Licensed practical nurse Noah Johnson administers a COVID-19 vaccination dose as part of a vaccination campaign on Aug. 17, 2021, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
May 11, 2023
The COVID-19 public health emergency has officially ended in the United States — but what does it mean for Black Americans?
Haitian migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, theGrio.com
May 11, 2023
After years of calling Title 42 expulsions, advocates for Black migrants are far from celebrating the end of the policy.
May 8, 2023
President Joe Biden announced new proposed rules to hold airline companies accountable for flight delays and cancellations.
May 5, 2023
The Democratic Party elected its new chairwoman Christale Spain, who became the first Black woman to lead South Carolina Democratic Party.
May 5, 2023
Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock was among the lawmakers who took to the Senate floor Wednesday to read portions of Dr. King’s letter.
U.S. Capitol, theGrio.com
May 4, 2023
If you’re wondering what the debt ceiling is or why it is important to Black communities especially, here’s what you should know.
May 2, 2023
The latest movement on Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ bill signals its likely signing into law despite warnings from the international community.
April 28, 2023
As Biden and Harris make the case why they should be re-elected, they will especially have to engage their most reliable base: Black voters.
April 25, 2023
In a video released by his 2024 campaign, Biden announced he’d run for another term to continue his “battle for the soul of America.”
April 24, 2023
Reps. Justin J. Pearson, Justin Jones and Gloria Johnson will meet with President Biden to discuss the nation’s gun violence epidemic.
April 21, 2023
President Biden signed an executive order advancing federal efforts to address historic and current environmental injustice.
April 20, 2023
A Black woman-founded cannabis policy summit on 4/20 brings together lawmakers on Capitol Hill to talk about equity and legislative reform.
April 19, 2023
A new report by The Leadership Conference Education Fund finds that hate crimes in the United States hit record levels.
April 18, 2023
Vice President Kamala Harris has delivered significant speeches before Black Americans and abroad, from Africa to Nashville to N.Y.
April 14, 2023
“These systems of oppression will always seek to tear us down,” Rep. Justin J. Pearson, a member of the Tennessee Three, told theGrio.