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President Obama declares June LGBT Pride Month

gayprideobamaToday our newly elected President made an overt statement in support of queer Americans by declaring June Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month. And actually he is not the first. President Clinton made a similar declaration in June of 2000 (conveniently positioned towards the end of his second term, well after enacting “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”)

I have included the text of the full press release. I leave it to you good people to discuss its merits, sincerity and effectiveness below.

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