LGBT Leaders Voice Concerns Over Lack of Openly Gay Appointees
The LGBT community played a prominent role in helping elevate President-elect Obama to the highest office in the land and now some powerful activists are hoping to see more inclusion in senior-level administration positions. No openly gay people have gotten the nod to date.
Kerry Eleveld
An Advocate.com exclusive posted December 9, 2008
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Quiet concern among some LGBT activists has shifted to a low rumble over the fact that a majority of senior-level White House staffers and cabinet posts have been announced and not a single openly gay person is in the mix.
One gay Democrat noted that the first tier of senior assistants to the president had been chosen and 8 of 15 cabinet secretaries have been announced and yet the LGBT community still has no representation.
"Every morning in the White House at 7:30 a.m. the senior staff meets and I think it would be unfortunate if there weren't a gay person in the room," said the D.C. insider who agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity.