Requiem for Gay Political Power

[Natasha]

Requiem for Gay Political Power

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/09/requiem_for_gay_political_power.php
9/2/2008

The historic Democratic National Convention is over but one question remains: what the hell happened to the gays?

Like so many others around the world, LGBT people watched through excited tears as Barack Obama accepted the presidential nomination at Mile High stadium last Thursday. But there was tremendous anxiety in LGBT land, too: after a week of invisibility, would Obama even mention the word "gay?"