Gay Inc.'s 'low hanging fruit' that hasn't been picked

Earlier I had readers ponder whether the DNC boycott had merit or would be effective. Well, one measure to decide whether it's a worthy measure is the progress achieved by our own advocacy organizations' checklist of what was referred to as the "low-hanging fruit" that the Obama administration and/or Congress could achieve in short order, right?

Mike Signorile pulled the cache of a Blade article about a list of issues presented to the Obama admin by National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, and the Human Rights Campaign (which submitted its own 80-page report as well) as reps met with the the incoming admin during those heady days when "change" was in the air just before Barack Obama took office.
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Obamanomics in Action: Double-Digit Unemployment

Ten months ago, just days before a new dawn in America, then President-elect Barack H. Obama told us that Economists from across the political spectrum agree that if we don’t act swiftly and boldly, we could see a much deeper economic downturn that could lead to double-digit unemployment and the American Dream slipping further and [.
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CIGNA Cardiologist Rebecca Allison, M.D., Becomes President of Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

BLOOMFIELD, Conn.----When the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association meets this week in Washington, D.C.
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New No On 1 Press Release: Maine Child Welfare Advocates Endorse Marriage Equality

More public support of great signifigance coming in for No On 1:

For Immediate Release:

Child Welfare Advocates from Across Maine Endorse Marriage Equality

Leaders Urge No Vote on Question 1

Portland, Maine (Thursday September 24, 2009) -

Statewide organizations with a solid commitment to improving the lives of children and their families today endorsed the NO on 1/Protect Maine Equality campaign.
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Update: Teabagging racist-email-sending doctor resigns from medical association

Dr. David McKalip, who thought that a smart critique of President Obama's health care reform plan involved circulating an email showing the POTUS dressed in witch doctor garb with a bone in his nose to a teabagger listserv, has resigned as president-elect of the Pinellas County Medical Association.
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Tell Obama to Dump DOMA Now!

DOMA stands for the Defense of Marriage Act which prohibits federal recognition of same-sex unions. President-elect Barack Obama has vowed to overturn DOMA.
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Hey, at least they threw us a party

Remember when we were supposed to be thrilled that the President-elect included a "gay band" in the inaugural parade after picking a raging homophobe to give the prayer at his swearing in? Well, yesterday, the Department of Justice threw us a little Gay Pride party hours before they compared our relationships to incest and pederasty.
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More Obamanians Seeing the Light

Prop 8 protest calls out Obama Six months ago, black lesbian activist Chastity Kirven stood in the plaza of Dallas City Hall and led the crowd in a deafening chant of then-President-elect Obama’s campaign mantra, “Yes We Can.
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