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Lesbian on Obama's Short List for Labor Secretary

Started by Shana A, December 03, 2008, 07:33:46 AM

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December 03, 2008, 07:33:46 AM
Lesbian on Obama's Short List for Labor Secretary
Filed by: Michael Crawford
December 2, 2008 8:31 PM

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/12/lesbian_on_obamas_short_list_for_labor_s.php

Lesbian labor activist Mary Beth Maxwell is under serious consideration to be named Secretary of Labor by President-Elect Barack Obama.

    For the rainbow cabinet of the nation's first African American president, Mary Beth Maxwell is the perfect labor secretary you've probably never heard of: a gay woman, community organizer and labor leader with an adopted African American son. And this founding executive director of American Rights at Work is about to get the full-court press.

Maxwell has won praise from leaders of the AFL-CIO and Change to Win. The Human Rights Campaign also sent a letter to President-Elect Obama strongly supporting Maxwell for the cabinet position. If appointed, she would be the first openly gay cabinet secretary.
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