Monday, June 29, 2009

History in the Making :: Obama Hosts LGBT Stonewall Event

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Via Towleroad: "President Obama hosted 250-300 LGBT leaders in the East Room of the White House today, billed as a celebration marking the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall rebellion and Pride month. Obama acknowledged gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny, to whom the government recently apologized for firing in 1957, because he was gay." (Continue Reading-Source)

WGB: Do you think we would have seen a Stonewall party in the McCain-Palin Whitehouse? I think NOT!
Posted by WickedGayBlog.com at 8:27 PM

1 comments:

Peter said...

We certainly would not have seen any kind of LGBT event in a McCain-Palin Whitehouse. However, let's keep in mind that Obama is quite aware of current disenchantment among the LGBT, and this is likely political gesturing on his part. We're still waiting for significant executive actions to balance his rhetoric.

June 30, 2009 9:25 AM

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