Gay Democrats: Paul Yandura Open Letter

April 27, 2006

The Washington Blade has posted an article about an Open Letter to Gay Democratic Activists criticizing the DNC's work on LGBTI issues. Here are two quotes from the letter:

"For many months, a number of us have made appeals to Howard Dean and party officials to care about and defend the dignity of gay and lesbian families and friends, in the same way they defend the dignity of other key constituencies."

"All progressives need to be asking how much has the DNC budgeted to counter the anti-gay ballot initiatives in the states," he said. "We also need to know why the DNC and our Democratic leaders continue to allow the Republicans to use our families and friends as pawns to win elections."

Posted by David at April 27, 2006 03:32 PM

Comments

"Yandura’s letter comes shortly after reports surfaced that some members of the DNC’s Black Caucus had expressed opposition to a proposal by gay DNC member Garry Shay of California to add gays to the party’s affirmative action guidelines for selecting delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention."

the problem with the Shay amendment is that it only calls for gay and lesbian delegates, guess who Garry Shay is not inviting for dinner? You got, no transgenders included!! Here we go again!

Posted by: Babs at April 29, 2006 02:12 AM

If we want equal rights, it's not going to be accomplished in a day. The Democrats are certainly the party that will bring about such changes, but they currently have no power, which means they can't change anything in terms of policy. For that to happen, they need to win. And they won't win if they're running around under a gay pride flag. Middle America doesn't vote for that. They need to win under a "Reformist" banner, then once elected give us gays equal rights, even if it need be done in the dark of night.

Patience is a virtue.

Posted by: Ethan Woodside at May 4, 2006 03:44 PM