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09.08.2009 5:13pm EDT
From the Victory Fund:
The DNC is the steering organization of the U.S. Democratic Party. Its chairman, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, last night announced a list of 75 nominees for at-large positions. They will be confirmed next weekend by a vote of committee members.
The openly LGBT nominees are:
Terry Bean (Portland, Ore.)–Bean co-founded the Victory Fund in 1991.
Earl Fowlkes (Washington, D.C.)–Fowlkes is a member of the Board of Directors of the Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute, and president of the International Federation of Black Prides.
Evan Low (Campbell, Calif.)–Low is an elected member of the Campbell, Calif. City Council.
Lupe Valdez (Dallas, Texas)–Valdez (pictured) is the elected sherriff of Dallas County, Texas. She first won election in 2004 and was re-elected last year.
Barbra Casbar Siperstein (New Jersey)–Siperstein, who is openly transgender, is president of the New Jersey Stonewall Democrats.
Randi Weingarten (New York)–Weingarten is president of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO.
Good choices. Hopefully they can make a difference in getting things done.
Good choices. However, now they need to make every effort to make a difference in getting things done.
Just what on earth is an “openly LGBT” democrat?
If you mean “openly gay” or “openly lesbian”, then say that.
By the way, how many “openly bisexual” politicians has the United States had?
You would do your readers a great service if you stopped using that lame, politically expedient term “LGBT”.
Gay men and lesbians have worked decades for visibility and respect, only to see it swept under the rug with that stale, overused “LGBT” term that has long passed its expiration date.
Good grief. Re-read what you wrote. Do you honestly think the headline “6 LGBTs Join the DNC” does anything except to placate TS/TG activists who want everyone to be joined at the hip at every mention in the name of political convenience?
JJ: Uh, what?
I don’t know if any of the people listed are bisexual because several are not major public figures, but being a politician is not required to be a part of the DNC.
Only two of the six people listed have ever run for public office.
And your comment regarding T* activists comes off as transphobic, especially since at least one of the people listed is T.
Great. If one is openly transsexual (or trangender), then USE THE WORD “transsexual” (or “transgender”).
My point is the gay media have picked up on this idiotic overuse of the abbreviation “LGBT”. Say the words “gay”, “lesbian”, “transsexual/transgender”.
I stand by my comment regarding the political expedience about fusing the gay movement and trans movement. It’s not transphobic. It’s an accurate description of what happened in the 1990’s when national non-profits thought they could get 2 for the price of 1, legislatively, especially with ENDA. (And we all know what was a colossal failure that was in 2007-2008).