How Newsweek Got It Wrong On Gay Rights

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How Newsweek Got It Wrong On Gay Rights
The Bilerico Project
Filed by: Dr. Jillian T. Weiss
December 23, 2009 12:00 PM


http://www.bilerico.com/2009/12/how_newsweek_got_it_wrong_on_gay_rights.php


No one reading my columns here and knowing my view of LGBT rights in the Obama era will mistake me for a dewy-eyed optimist. At the same time, however, the prediction that "Obama does nada on gay rights" in 2010 is beyond bold and moves into the realm of just plain silly.

There won't be as much progress as progressives, including myself, would like, that's for sure. That's why we're called progressives. To say that there will be none, however, has a certain quality of sheer spite to it. There is movement on important LGBT rights issues that will continue into 2010 and could result in some important victories. Such victories are by no means assured, but despair is the enemy of victory.