Obama repeated his campaign promises to a receptive LGBT crowd at the White House on Monday night. but many activists are still calling on him to take action on several crucial issues confronting the LGBT community.

Not Everyone Is Pleased With His Speech

President Barack Obama hosted over 250 LGBT leaders in the White House on June 29, in a celebration commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and Pride month. “I want you to know that you have our support,” Obama said. “I will not only be your friend, I will continue to be an ally and a champion and a president who fights with you and for you.” But many activists have been complaining that since he became president, he has not lived up to his campaign promises about ceasing the ban on gays in the military via repeal of Don’t Ask/ Don’t Tell and abolishing the anti-same gender marriage ban of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). “I know many in this room don’t believe that progress has come fast enough. And I understand that,” he stated. “I expect...

About 65 GLBT activists marched through the San Diego working-class suburb of Lemon Grove the evening of June 26, three weeks after San Diego LGBT Pride Executive Director Ron deHarte was gay-bashed there. On June 6, deHarte had been participating in the “Equality Torch Relay,” a daylong effort...