Barack Obama Intensifies LGBT Outreach

Gay Wired  Aug 07 08

With the presidential race tightening, Barack Obama is stepping up his efforts to reach out to the gay and lesbian community as of late. In a 'significant expansion' of their national and grassroots LGBT team, the Obama campaign has announced that out Rep. Tammy Baldwin and Tobias Wolff, who chaired Obama's LGBT Policy Committee during the primary season, will serve as the co-chairs of the campaign's new National LGBT Steering and Policy Committee. Full story...

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