I'm not speaking with 20/20 hindsight, but I was always queasy with President Obama's stance on gay issues. My issue with him stemmed from his religion. For those of us raised Catholic, you can take the man out of church, but you can't take the church out of the man. My mother, Ms. Mag reading, environmentalist, liberal, still wasn't all that keen on my brother living with his then gf (now wife.) It can be really hard to overcome religious dogma.
At best, I feel President Obama tolerates us (and I mean that in the worst possible way, the way twinks tolerate bears during Bear Week in Provincetown. Despite it being a 21st century buzzword, it isn't actually a good thing.) I don't know about other gay press, but "Bay Windows" in Boston called him out early on his not giving out any face time to the gay press. AT ALL. This was winter of 2008.
I'm not surprised, however. He deliberately went far left of Hillary, who's campaign was basically as pragmatic as President Obama is being now. I was highly suspect of his campaign. I voted for Senator Clinton, but once she conceded, I had no choice but to vote for then Senator Obama. For me, it wasn't so much about voting for him, but it was about voting against the status quo.
Sadly, gay democrats are being put in the same position as the log cabin republicans have been put in for the past 8+ years. Bent over, grabbing our ankles, and it's not fun, nor is it sexy. I'm not enjoying getting it in that position from our standard bearer and having the gay community apologize and make excuses for our abusive lover.
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At best, I feel President Obama tolerates us (and I mean that in the worst possible way, the way twinks tolerate bears during Bear Week in Provincetown. Despite it being a 21st century buzzword, it isn't actually a good thing.) I don't know about other gay press, but "Bay Windows" in Boston called him out early on his not giving out any face time to the gay press. AT ALL. This was winter of 2008.
I'm not surprised, however. He deliberately went far left of Hillary, who's campaign was basically as pragmatic as President Obama is being now. I was highly suspect of his campaign. I voted for Senator Clinton, but once she conceded, I had no choice but to vote for then Senator Obama. For me, it wasn't so much about voting for him, but it was about voting against the status quo.
Sadly, gay democrats are being put in the same position as the log cabin republicans have been put in for the past 8+ years. Bent over, grabbing our ankles, and it's not fun, nor is it sexy. I'm not enjoying getting it in that position from our standard bearer and having the gay community apologize and make excuses for our abusive lover.