by Laura Kiritsy
Editor-in-chief of Bay Windows
DENVER, Wednesday - On the heels of a riveting keynote address to the Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama’s wife Michelle spoke to a luncheon of LGBT delegates Tuesday, telling them that "discrimination has no place in a nation founded on equality." And at the end of the day - in what amounts to her final concession speech - Hillary Clinton urged Democrats to work for an America "defined by deep and meaningful equality... from women’s rights to gay rights."
"America, we’re here!" said Barney Frank, one of two openly gay representatives in a 535-member Congress, in welcoming more than 600 people to a luncheon, sponsored by the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and the National Stonewall Democrats. It was an exclamation that conveyed what many LGBT delegates and alternates are saying at this week’s convention: that LGBT Americans and their issues have arrived. They feel fully ensconced, heard, and accepted in the Democratic party. And they talk the talk: They must see to it that U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.) becomes President Barack Obama this November.
There was a roar of approval at Tuesday’s luncheon when Michelle Obama tipped her hat to Clinton, saying that her "historic candidacy banished forever the notion that a woman cannot be president." There were loud and prolonged cheers for her at Tuesday night’s plenary, especially when she uttered the word "gay."
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