Seattle might not have made fun of a gay waiter five years ago, but what about a trans waiter?

Joe Biden, the former vice president, caught heat this weekend for comments he made at a fundraiser in Seattle.

Biden said that LGBTQ rights have come a long way, and that five years ago people at a business meeting in Seattle wouldn’t have corrected someone making “fun of a gay waiter.”

Biden was speaking at the home of Roger Nyhus, a political consultant and public relations executive who has been a gay rights activist for 20 years.

Ahead of the fundraiser, and in honor of Pride weekend, Nyhus draped rainbow flags off the balcony of his stately Capitol Hill home (known as "The White House.")

One hundred fifty people paid $1,000 to $2,800 to listen to Biden speak, and when he made the quip about gay waiters, several yelled out, “Not in Seattle!” according to a pool report of the event.