Obama calls for equal rights for gays, but no promises on timetable
by Foon Rhee - Boston.com
President Obama isn’t doing enough, quickly enough to suit many gay Americans, but today he did issue a proclamation for “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month.”
In the proclamation, Obama mentions the legislative priorities, including overturning the Defense of Marriage Act that defines marriage as between one man and one woman and allows states not to recognize gay marriages performed in other states and the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that bars gays from serving openly in the military.
“I continue to support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans,” Obama says in the proclamation.
But he does not make any promises on the timing of any action.
“As long as the promise of equality for all remains unfulfilled, all Americans are affected,” he adds, calling on Congress and the American people to “work together to promote equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.”
Obama also says he is proud to be the first president to have appointed openly gay candidates to positions that require Senate confirmation in the first 100 days of an administration.
The month is timed to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall protest in New York City that in many ways launched the gay pride movement. Thanks to that movement, Obama says “more LGBT Americans are living their lives openly than never before.”
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Comment by HOPING TO BE NIKKI on 15 September 2010:
Having a transgender pride month isnt going to serve any purpose other than making some people protest more harshly against transsexual people and some cavingin to the pressure from those trying to prevent it.Aside from that and making some very true transsexuals revolt even harder to be accepted,nothing is going to happen.
Very few of those people who consider us transgenders as “freaks” or “weirdos” dont realize that 1 in every 500 people is born with this problem.That’s more people than autistic!And even though lesbians are accepted by most,they are actually the female version of gay and therefore transsexual.Transvestites and crossdressers are transsexual,too.Not just the transgender people or the transitioning people or the gender disphoriacs many believe.
Comment by Foxxe Wilder on 22 October 2010:
Personally speaking, I don’t classify myself as transsexual at all. I define that specific word to pertain to SEXUALITY as opposed to GENDER. (two separate worlds). As I am not changing my sexuality at ALL, the term transGENDER would be far more appropriate.
But you are correct in that the creation of such a month would make us far more targetted by the insanely prejudiced ‘cave-people’. It is very sad that they don’t realize that what someone ELSE has (or has NOT) between their legs is NO ONE’s business but their own.