Monday, January 21, 2013

Via PQMonthly: President Barack Obama’s Second Inauguration Speech the First to Mention Gays

Add to the list of thing I'm grateful for, a President who recognizes the equal rights of LGBTQ people -- as well as Stonewall's place in history. - ER


 
 
LGBTQ Americans got their first ever recognition in a presidential inauguration speech today with President Barack Obama’s second. In remarks that touched heavily upon the themes of freedom and equality, President Obama called out the Stonewall Riots in the same breath as other major moments in civil rights history

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