The speech, the transcript of which is included below, was very good but also of little note. There’s not much there that President Barack Obama hasn’t said before when he met with some 250 to 300 LGBT guests in the East Room of the White House today. That gathering was billed as a commemoration for the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion.
The President acknowledged Frank Kameny, who was fired in 1957 from the Army map service because he was gay. Later in the speech, he acknowledged the estimated 272 servicemembers who have been fired by the Pentagon since ...
Beginning at 4:25 PM EDT, the White House will begin streaming tonight’s Stonewall celebration. You can watch it here.
Brian Bond, who organized the event, has written about tonight’s event:
As a gay kid growing up in rural Missouri – I never thought I would end up helping to organize an LGBT Pride event in the White House. Then again, I never thought I would ever realize my dream to work in the White House. But thanks to the historic election of Barack Obama, today I am honored to be working here.
. . . People may not know ...
:::NOTE::: as this post goes on, I get more pissy, as you can see the swear words increase exponentially.. you've been warned::::Ok, I voted for Barack Obama.I bought his "Yes We Can" spiel and -- I have to say -- I was moved by him.I didn't vote for him in the primaries though. Nope. I voted for Hillary. I voted for Hillary because I trusted her -- well, as much as one can trust a lying, dirty-ass, back-stabbing, people-crushing politician, anyway.BUT -- since this country is a bunch of pussies and couldn't let a pussy run the country, my ...