Admit it, Obama is our Fierce Advocate
Recently Rebecca Juro wrote a post at the Advocate called “No, Obama’s Executive Order Is Not a (Total) Win” that I find extremely short-sighted and politically naive. Soon after the election in 2008 of President Barack Obama, many started to question President Obama’s claim as a “fierce advocate” for the LGBT community. I have my issues with the President (mainly on issues of privacy and his use presidential power). But in realm of LGBT advocacy, he has lived up to his claim of “fierce advocacy”. In terms of lesbian, gay, and bisexual issues, he has: supported ending the DOMA signed the Matthew Sheppard Hate Crimes Bill into law signed the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” changed HUD regulations to protect against housing discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation but his administration also done quite a bit to help everyday transgender Americans: State Department creation of trans passports
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“Admit it, Obama is our Fierce Advocate” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to community and organizing, while also engaging law and civil rights. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.
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- 1Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community100%
- 2Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life76%
- 3Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community63%
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- Law and civil rights300
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization187
- Education and youth177
- Culture, identity, and representation174
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse171
- Feminism and gender politics165
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- Labor and employment policy22
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Dated source evidence currently stored by the CollectiveIn Case You Missed it, Hillary Clinton Can’t Say Transgender | The TransAdvocate
It’s important to note that both this statement and the State Department’s change in trans passport regulations happened under the Obama administration. As I’ve stated before, Obama has been a “fierce advocate” for transgender people and that advocacy goes all the way back to Illinois…
Marti Abernathey
Admit it, Obama is our Fierce Advocate
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Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Community and organizing.
Autumn Sandeen
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Gwen Smith
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Community and organizing.
TransAdvocate Staff
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Community and organizing.
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