The Advocate: Obama Rolls Out More LGBT Supporters

[Coexist]

An Advocate.com exclusive posted March 11, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign rolled out a new swath of 40 national LGBT supporters, adding to the original list of about 60 queer supporters it announced last year. (The new list is available at the end of this article).

“This continues to show the momentum that the Obama camp is demonstrating in all different slices of the electorate,” said Eric Stern, who has been actively courting gays and lesbians to join the Obama team.

Stern said the new additions would be reaching out to people based on their particular spheres of influence – be they elected officials, transgender activists, or union leaders. “This isn’t just a list,” he said, “it’s a group of individuals, all of whom are highly skilled and bring a tremendous amount of experience and knowledge to the campaign.”

Not feeling like a number is exactly what swayed Donna Rose, a transgender leader and former Clinton supporter, to make the jump to Obama just this week. Rose signed on to the Clinton campaign last March when the race was just revving up. But when she offered input to the campaign, she felt like it fell on deaf ears.

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[davidinalameda]

1. Wilson Cruz is supporting Obama

I love Wilson Cruz!

let the hillbots start attacking these supporters

[Liberal Veteran]

2. Obviously he's a homophobe.

I almost gave up on him over the McClurkin but then he made up for that by standing in front of an audience and denouncing homophobia.

[davidinalameda]

3. I almost gave up on him as well for that

then I started doing some real research

[Cha]

6. I'm glad you didn't give up on him, dwickam..I know

how hard it was after the mcclurkin thing for Gays to embrace Obama. :hug:

[sueragingroz]

4. All the soap in hell won't wash away that fishy smell :)

[Coexist]

5. why, were you preparing chum?

[sueragingroz]

9. never mind....

[annie1]

7. I wonder if God can save someone from blackness. As a black person...

no way i would let that go. but that's just me. Not saying i can't support someone who has made mistakes, but that wasn't a mistake imo.

[FedoraLV]

8. Did you read the article all the way through?

It addresses McClurkin, (just as Obama has, repeatedly.)

Bonking gay Obama supporters like me over the head with that one tired point won't win over anyone who has actually followed Obama's career, campaign, and character.

-FedoraLV