Gay Democrats Celebrate a Newfound Visibility

[MNBrewer]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/us/politics/gay-democrats-celebrate-a-newfound-visibility.html?_r=3

"CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After years of struggling for attention and recognition from the nation’s political parties, gays and lesbians have catapulted to the forefront of the Democratic convention here, prominent on the stage, in speeches, in the platform and at parties that go on after the proceedings have finished.

The turnaround has surprised even gay leaders, who just four years ago were frustrated in their attempt to get same-sex marriage mentioned in prime time. Many spent the first two years of the Obama presidency criticizing President Obama for failing to move to fulfill a campaign promise to eliminate the ban on gays serving openly in the military."

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By refusing to Sit Down and Shut (t.f.) Up, as many suggested, we GLBT Democrats made change. Good for US!

And, 4 More Years, by the way!

[mitchtv]

1. that has been a long time coming

and we took a lot of grief getting to this point

[MNBrewer]

3. We sure did!

The amount of "STFU" we had to endure as discouraging. But now, look! Our equality as a human right is in the platform, we have speakers at the convention, and delegates! Sitting down and shutting up never did any good, never will.

[William769]

2. It's being reported that 8% of the delegates at the convention are LGBT.

http://www.newser.com/article/da13fhv00/gays-lesbians-comprise-record-high-8-percent-of-delegates-at-democratic-convention.html