A New LGBT Advocate Is Emerging in the US Senate
Straight Not Narrow Nov 03 09From New York's Gay City News:"For himself, I think, he’s going to take all the time he believes he needs in order to be successful, because it’s all about being successful.”Those words were part of New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s answer to a question about the frustration some LGBT activists and leaders have expressed about the pace of Obama administration action on gay issues. Gillibrand was speaking specifically of the effort to repeal the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy (DADT).But that perspective applies as well to the senator’s own advocacy on LGBT issues — she is committed, apparently with some good measure of urgency, but she is also pragmatic. Full story...
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