There ya have it, we got our Gay month
by Trey C. on June 2, 2009
I don’t know whether to be excited or if I rather gawk at the stupidity of the U.S. government. In a statement released Monday by the Press Secretary of The White House, President Barack Obama declared June 2009 as national LGBT month.
What exactly does that all entail?
It means that we have the honor of one damn month to be all out and Gay and then the rest of the year we should close our big fat gay mouth. I don’t want to sound like a ungrateful dike, but if the issues of inequality are still here, one month of pride will not do anything to help fix the issues of civil rights that has plagued us for decades.
What we need Mr. Obama is for you to draft a federal non-discrimination policy so those hicks in kansas can learn to calm their Westboro asses down.
From THE WHITE HOUSE, Office of the Press Secretary:
Forty years ago, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City resisted police harassment that had become all too common for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Out of this resistance, the LGBT rights movement in America was born. During LGBT Pride Month, we commemorate the events of June 1969 and commit to achieving equal justice under law for LGBT Americans.
LGBT Americans have made, and continue to make, great and lasting contributions that continue to strengthen the fabric of American society. There are many well-respected LGBT leaders in all professional fields, including the arts and business communities. LGBT Americans also mobilized the Nation to respond to the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic and have played a vital role in broadening this country’s response to the HIV pandemic.
Due in no small part to the determination and dedication of the LGBT rights movement, more LGBT Americans are living their lives openly today than ever before. I am proud to be the first President to appoint openly LGBT candidates to Senate-confirmed positions in the first 100 days of an Administration. These individuals embody the best qualities we seek in public servants, and across my Administration — in both the White House and the Federal agencies — openly LGBT employees are doing their jobs with distinction and professionalism.
The LGBT rights movement has achieved great progress, but there is more work to be done. LGBT youth should feel safe to learn without the fear of harassment, and LGBT families and seniors should be allowed to live their lives with dignity and respect.
My Administration has partnered with the LGBT community to advance a wide range of initiatives. At the international level, I have joined efforts at the United Nations to decriminalize homosexuality around the world. Here at home, I continue to support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans. These measures include enhancing hate crimes laws, supporting civil unions and Federal rights for LGBT couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in a way that strengthens our Armed Forces and our national security.
We must also commit ourselves to fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic by both reducing the number of HIV infections and providing care and support services to people living with HIV/AIDS across the United States.
These issues affect not only the LGBT community, but also our entire Nation. As long as the promise of equality for all remains unfulfilled, all Americans are affected. If we can work together to advance the principles upon which our Nation was founded, every American will benefit. During LGBT Pride Month, I call upon the LGBT community, the Congress, and the American people to work together to promote equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to turn back discrimination and prejudice everywhere it exists.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
first day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.
– Barack Obama




Cruz
June 2, 2009
So is every June going to be gay pride month or is it just this June?
Trey C.
June 2, 2009
According to the press statement, just June 2009.
Roger Huffman
June 2, 2009
June IS and always has been gay pride month across the country. But it is a step in the right direction for a president to officially declare that it is. No other president has done that. Maybe there will be some other good stuff come out from this during the month. I detect some negative vibes in your initial comments. It shouldn’t be taken that way. We should all be proud that the government (Obama) is at least acknowledging June as Gay Pride Month. Thank you.
Trey C.
June 2, 2009
Thank you for the comment, Roger. On the contrary, former President Bill Clinton regularly recognized gay pride month during his second term in office, according to a new article in USA Today(http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/06/67521623/1).
Bob
June 2, 2009
MyGod, We scream and yell and demand to be recognized and then when we are its not enough. It is better than being ignored. I would love to see us all live happily ever after, but its not happening that way is it? Maybe some of you should have been around 30 years ago when you were afraid to acknowledge your sexual orientation.