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- Early disappointment in ObamaDecember 26 2008
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Early disappointment in Obama
Many angry over Warren invocation, lack of gays in Cabinet
By CHRIS JOHNSON
Friday, December 26, 2008
Gay leaders are assailing President-elect Barack Obama for inviting a pastor who supported California's ban on same-sex marriage to speak at his inaugural festivities and for filling his Cabinet without nominating any openly gay officials.
Obama last week announced that he had picked Rev. Rick Warren, pastor of the Saddleback Church in California and a strong proponent of Proposition 8, to give the invocation during the Jan. 20 inauguration. Later in the week, Obama announced the last of his Cabinet nominees, revealing that none of his department heads would be openly gay.
Following the revelation of Warren's invite, several gay leaders responded by criticizing the man ... - Gay activists meet with Obama teamDecember 19 2008
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Gay activists meet with Obama team
Leaders seek high-level LGBT appointees, policy changes
By CHRIS JOHNSON
Friday, December 19, 2008
Gay activists met with members of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team last week in a two-hour session focused on policy issues and presidential appointments, according to gay group leaders.
Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, said transition leaders were “very receptive” to requests from gay activists.
“I think they went to great lengths to explain their vision for how [policy initiatives] would work and how our community would be a part of that,” he said.
Rea Carey, executive director of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, said transition team officials were attentive during the meeting and very ap ... - Band wins a place in historyDecember 12 2008
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Band wins a place in history
First gay contingent to march in inaugural parade; lesbian named to White House post
By CHRIS JOHNSON
Friday, December 12, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama named his first openly gay senior administration staffer this week, just days after an announcement that his inaugural parade would include the first-ever gay contingent.
Obama tapped Nancy Sutley, a lesbian who currently serves as deputy mayor of Los Angeles for energy and environment, to head the White House Council on Environmental Quality, making her the first openly gay person chosen to serve in his administration council. The news was first reported by the Associated Press.
The Obama transition team declined to comment on the appointment or other possible appointments. The office of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa did not immed ... - AIDS groups appeal to Obama for help in fighting HIV/AIDSNovember 28 2008
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AIDS groups appeal to Obama for help in fighting HIV/AIDS
Experts hope for action within administration's first 100 days
By AMY CAVANAUGH
Friday, November 28, 2008
Leaders of national AIDS organizations revealed this week their recommendations for moves President-elect Barack Obama and his administration can make during their first 100 days in office to fight HIV/AIDS in America.
In a letter, the leaders call for “a comprehensive and adequately funded response to the domestic AIDS epidemic in the United States,” which Obama supported during the campaign.
“The purpose is to get renewed leadership for the domestic epidemic,” said Carl Schmid, director of federal affairs for the AIDS Institute, a national public policy organization. “These are all things he can do on his own without turning to Congress. ... - Beaten, arrested, held for two daysNovember 28 2008
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Beaten, arrested, held for two days
Gay Prop 8 protester, a YouTube sensation, speaks out for first time
By REBECCA ARMENDARIZ
Friday, November 28, 2008
The YouTube video was an instant hit in the gay blogosphere.
Three Los Angeles police officers were shown on live television approaching a Proposition 8 protester who had broken through a police line. Officers then took the man down, hitting him with batons before arresting him.
The man was Kevin Miniter, 25, a gay activist. And in his first interview about the Nov. 5 incident, which was captured on video by a local TV news helicopter crew, Miniter told the Blade that events culminating in his arrest began earlier that day.
A former D.C. resident who recently moved to Los Angeles, Miniter said he learned at work that people were plan ning to rally against the ...