My Trans And Bisexual Peers And I -- Are We The White House's Chopped Liver?
by: Autumn Sandeen
Fri Jun 25, 2010 at 07:00:00 AM EDT
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/16502/my-trans-and-bisexual-peers-and-i-are-we-the-white-houses-chopped-liver (http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/16502/my-trans-and-bisexual-peers-and-i-are-we-the-white-houses-chopped-liver)
I've been looking at the Pride Month speech by President Obama for a couple of days now, and something about the speech is nagging me. Or should I say that there have been real Obama Administration coups for transgender community members, and I noticed that the President mentioned none of these achievements in his speech.
For example, here are some very significant accomplishments:
• The Obama Administration has appointed the first publicly-out-at-the-time-of-appointment transgender appointees, such as Amanda Simpson and Dylan Orr.
Here's the Obama Administration appointees who President Obama acknowledged in his Pride Month speech (links added):
I think they're reading a bit too much into this... After all; the 'pride' event is mostly known as 'gay pride.' Since bisexuality and ->-bleeped-<-(?) are not homosexuality, it's an easy thing to overlook, don't you think?
Gosh; I nearly expect them to wánt to be offended.
I agree with Dryad. Chill out, kids.