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Obama's Big Gay Speech: HuffPost Bloggers Weigh In

Posted: 10/9/09
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President Obama will address the Human Rights Campaign -- the largest gay rights fundraiser in the country -- this Saturday with a keynote appearance that has been dubbed his "Big Gay Speech" by the LGBT blogging community. A number of HuffPost bloggers have weighed in with their hopes, doubts and expectations. Scroll down for the roundup.

 
President Obama will address the Human Rights Campaign -- the largest gay rights fundraiser in the country -- this Saturday with a keynote appearance that has been dubbed his "Big Gay Speech" by the L...
President Obama will address the Human Rights Campaign -- the largest gay rights fundraiser in the country -- this Saturday with a keynote appearance that has been dubbed his "Big Gay Speech" by the L...
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Jose Antonio Vargas Jose Antonio Vargas: Gay Rights Speech: What Should Obama Say Tonight? John Aravosis John Aravosis: What Would a Nobel Laureate Tell the Gays? Bill Maher Bill Maher: New Rule: Everyone Deserves Equal Rights Joe Sestak Joe Sestak: The Civil Rights Test of Our Generation Nathaniel Frank Nathaniel Frank: President Obama Should Show He's Queer Like Us Joan Garry Joan Garry: If I Were Obama's Big Gay Speechwriter Aaron Belkin Aaron Belkin: Memo to Pentagon: Can We Talk About "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" or Not? Emma Ruby-Sachs Emma Ruby-Sachs: The Big Gay Speech We Wish Obama Would Give Evan Wolfson Evan Wolfson: President Obama's Maine Chance to Make the Case Geoffrey R. Stone Geoffrey R. Stone: Profiles in Courage: JFK and Barack Obama Steve Clemons Steve Clemons: Which Communities Are Still in High Sizzle Support Mode for Barack Obama? Geoffrey R. Stone Geoffrey R. Stone: Kennedy/Obama: Does the Dream Live On? Joe Solmonese Joe Solmonese: Getting the Times to Catch Up with Ted Kennedy Aubrey Sarvis Aubrey Sarvis: It's Chow Time at the White House, Brother Wayne Besen Wayne Besen: Obama's Big Gay Speech
Jose Antonio Vargas

Jose Antonio Vargas: Gay Rights Speech: What Should Obama Say Tonight?

What should Obama -- the first minority president -- say in what's being called his "big gay speech"?
John Aravosis

John Aravosis: What Would a Nobel Laureate Tell the Gays?

President Obama will speak Saturday night at the Human Rights Campaign national dinner. The big question in gay-land is what will Obama say. I fear the answer is: Not much.
Bill Maher

Bill Maher: New Rule: Everyone Deserves Equal Rights

This weekend is the perfect time for Obama to announce he's repealing "don't ask, don't tell" and committing to a full-throated endorsement of gay marriage. But of course that's not going to happen.
Joe Sestak

Joe Sestak: The Civil Rights Test of Our Generation

It's time to end discrimination based on sexual identity or orientation. That's why I'm committed to equal rights for all Americans, and to repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
Nathaniel Frank

Nathaniel Frank: President Obama Should Show He's Queer Like Us

Show the world, Mr. President, how we are just like you, and perhaps more important, how you are just like us: In what ways are we pretty normal, and in what ways are you kinda Queer?
Joan Garry

Joan Garry: If I Were Obama's Big Gay Speechwriter

From Barack Obama, I want a kitchen table story. A backyard story. I want to know that there is more than just a cerebral connection to the gay community. I want a personal and emotional link.
Aaron Belkin

Aaron Belkin: Memo to Pentagon: Can We Talk About "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" or Not?

If the Pentagon is publishing studies calling for the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," then why is a Lieutenant Colonel being reprimanded for discussing the issue in an Air Force Academy classroom?
Emma Ruby-Sachs

Emma Ruby-Sachs: The Big Gay Speech We Wish Obama Would Give

I'm sure his speechwriters have cooked up something special for Saturday, but I've got a few ideas of my own. I've written a speech for the beloved President -- the kind of speech we wish the man would give, just once.
Evan Wolfson

Evan Wolfson: President Obama's Maine Chance to Make the Case

On Saturday, Obama has the opportunity -- and I believe the obligation -- to speak in moral as well as concrete terms about non-gay people's stake in ending the exclusion and discrimination gay people endure.
Geoffrey R. Stone

Geoffrey R. Stone: Profiles in Courage: JFK and Barack Obama

Here's the speech I would like to hear Obama make on Saturday when he addresses the national meeting of the Human Rights Campaign, the largest lesbian and gay civil rights organization in the nation.
Steve Clemons

Steve Clemons: Which Communities Are Still in High Sizzle Support Mode for Barack Obama?

There are a lot of folks out there who are as grateful today for Obama running the nation as they were in January -- but we aren't hearing much from them of late.
Geoffrey R. Stone

Geoffrey R. Stone: Kennedy/Obama: Does the Dream Live On?

There is much talk now about carrying out the legacy of Ted Kennedy. President Obama is well positioned to fulfill Kennedy's dream of equal rights regardless of sexual orientation.
Joe Solmonese

Joe Solmonese: Getting the Times to Catch Up with Ted Kennedy

Senator Kennedy's personal connection was his boundless humanity, and his recognition of ours. Already he is becoming history. Now the job of making history is in our hands.
Aubrey Sarvis

Aubrey Sarvis: It's Chow Time at the White House, Brother

What gays and lesbians are looking for -- and will be marching for on Sunday -- is nothing special, and that's exactly the point. It's what every other American already has: equal treatment under the law
Wayne Besen

Wayne Besen: Obama's Big Gay Speech

Let it be known that the GLBT community is no longer interested in being pals with the powerful or having the famous tell us we are fabulous -- unless it leads to action.

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