This is the Obama-Biden transition team speaking to the Don't Ask, Don't Tell issue:
Repeal Don't Ask-Don't Tell: Barack Obama agrees with former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff John Shalikashvili and other military experts that we need to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. The key test for military service should be patriotism, a sense of duty, and a willingness to serve. Discrimination should be prohibited. The U.S. government has spent millions of dollars replacing troops kicked out of the military because of their sexual orientation. Additionally, more than 300 language experts have been fired under ...
Immediately following his election Obama’s transition team launched change.gov. This site aims to continue his relationship with his supporters whilst detailing and also recruiting people to work in his administration (it explicitly lists a ban on discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity for those working in the Obama led White house and other agencies).
Today further information is provided on the agenda of an Obama led government on issues for the LGBT community and other civil rights issues. Whilst Irish LGBT’s have workplace and service protection, there are several issues on this list that ...
"Mr President needs to learn how to bake a cake. That's points for the man of the house – because I did that. I bake cakes and popcorn and cotton candy... Then they like for you to get out of their face and let them be kids." – rapper Snoop Dogg's advice to president-elect Barack Obama on how to win cool points with his daughters. (Source) ...
A few weeks ago I was getting dozens of emails about President-elect Barack Obama's Change.gov website and its lack of any mention of the words 'gay' or 'lesbian'. That has now changed, and the site, which echoes Obama's campaign positions, features a civil rights agenda for LGBT Americans more comprehensive than anything we've seen from an incoming president.
Read the text of that agenda, AFTER THE JUMP...Support for the LGBT Community
"While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in 1969, we still have a lot of work to do. Too often, the issue of LGBT ...
GQ is out with its "Men of the Year" issue featuring four different covers of Barack Obama, Leonardo Dicaprio, Jon Hamm, and Michael Phelps.
There's also a portrait gallery inside with plenty of shots, including one of Phelps offering a flash of what's under his Speedo. Check out that shot, AFTER THE JUMP...
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Since the election, there's been an incredible spotlight shining on the fact that 70 percent of African Americans voted to ban same-sex marriages in California, but I think a lot of people just don’t seem grasp the demographics that went on here.The older voters were, the more likely they were to vote for Prop. 8 as were religious voters.A lot of black voters turned out to vote for maybe the first time in their lives because Barack Obama was on the ticket... many of these were older church goers because those are the people who vote in that community ...