Rufus Gifford, Out State Dept. Official, Joins Biden's Reelection Bid
Gifford, a gay man, was the highest-ranking out official at State as chief of protocol.
July 17, 2023
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Obama: I'm the Most Inclusive on Gay Issues
An Advocate.com Exclusive: When Sen. Barack Obama's campaign announced that Donnie McClurkin would be among the featured singers on the presidential candidate's gospel tour in South Carolina this weekend, it inadvertently ventured into the void between African-American Christians and gays and lesbians. Obama speaks with The Advocate about McClurkin, gay issues, and the state of his campaign.
October 27, 2007
Gay Minister to Open Obama's Gospel Tour in South Carolina
In response to an uproar from gay activists, Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign on Wednesday added a gay minister to the lineup for its weekend gospel tour. Gay activists had criticized Obama's ''Embrace the Change'' tour in South Carolina because the performers included gospel singer Donnie McClurkin, who says homosexuality is a choice and has called it a "curse."
October 26, 2007
Obama's Gospel Tour Cheered While Gay Activists Protest
A Grammy-winning singer whose role in a Barack Obama campaign event riled gay activists served as master of ceremonies of a gospel concert promoting the Democratic presidential hopeful Sunday night. ''We're here,'' Donnie McClurkin told a cheering crowd. ''We're here and we're glad we're here.'' McClurkin, who has angered gay rights groups by saying homosexuality is a choice, told the crowd the musical acts were there ''in the name of unity'' and ''in the name of change.''
October 30, 2007
Trump revokes Biden's order that lifted trans military ban, clearing way for new ban
The new president hasn't issued a ban yet, but this action will allow him to.
January 21, 2025
Obama Points to Black Gay Rep's Haircut as an Example of Change
The former president praised the progressive cut of Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta and the power of hope.
October 22, 2020
Obama Camp Highlights Senator's Support for Hate-Crimes Laws
Barack Obama's campaign held a phone call Monday to highlight the differences between Obama and John McCain on hate-crimes legislation.
August 19, 2008
Obama to Launch Faith Tour That Includes Supporter of Prop. 8
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign is reportedly launching a "Faith, Family, and Values Tour" next week that will include Catholic legal scholar Douglas Kmiec as one of the campaign's surrogates. Kmiec wrote an op-ed for the San Francisco Chronicle this summer in which he urged support for passing California's marriage ban, Proposition 8.
September 20, 2008
Obama Tackles HIV-AIDS Head On
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign held a conference call Thursday intended to highlight his policy prescriptions for combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic -- including increased funding for research, care, and prevention as well as developing a national HIV/AIDS strategy within the first year of his administration.
October 17, 2008
Campaign filings show Washington gave to Obama
Political operatives are in motion sifting through opponents' latest financial filings in the presidential race, as The Washington Post reported Tuesday. One point of interest for LGBT voters is that former Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington, a lightning rod lately for gay criticism, gave $2,300 to Barack Obama's campaign.
July 18, 2007
Celebrating Pride Month and democracy with the Human Rights Campaign’s leader, Kelley Robinson (exclusive)
The history-making president opens up about her role in an exclusive interview with The Advocate.
June 7, 2024
Obama Once Supported Same-Sex Marriage
In 1996, Advocate copy chief and then-Outlines reporter Trudy Ring submitted a questionnaire to Illinois senate hopeful Barack Obama -- in which he supported same-sex marriage.
January 15, 2009
California political activist couple Peggy Moore and Hope Wood killed in car crash
They met while campaigning for Barack Obama in 2008, worked for numerous other candidates, and later founded a consulting firm.
May 19, 2024
Oprah to Stump for Obama in Iowa, N.H., S.C.
Oprah Winfrey will join Democrat Barack Obama again on the campaign trail, this time visiting the early contest states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, the candidate's campaign said Monday.
November 27, 2007
Joe Biden Tells Ellen He 'Would Vote No on 8'
Democratic vice presidential hopeful Joe Biden sat down with Ellen DeGeneres Monday afternoon to campaign for Barack Obama. During his visit to the show, he made clear that if he were a resident of California, he would be voting no on Proposition 8.
October 21, 2008
Obama Appoints NGLTF's Dave Noble as Director of LGBT Vote
The Barack Obama campaign announced Wednesday that David Noble, former executive director of the National Stonewall Democrats and current director of public policy and government affairs at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, has been appointed as director of the LGBT vote for the campaign. Noble will be stepping down from his position at NGLTF and officially starting with the campaign on June 21. As the campaign switches gears to the general election, deputy campaign manager Steve Hildebrand said, "We have moved aggressively to set up our national LGBT vote operation and to staff it with the best people we can possibly get." Hildebrand, who is gay, called Noble a "well-seasoned" political operative.
June 12, 2008
Clinton, Obama Battle for LGBT Votes in Local Weeklies
Even as Barack Obama's campaign finalized an ad buy for four full-page ads in local gay weeklies in Ohio and Texas, Hillary Clinton was conducting a conference call on LGBT issues and answering the questions of local reporters from the Dallas Voice and two Ohio publications: Outlook Weekly and Gay People's Chronicle. (These interviews have not been posted yet. Links will be added once they are available).
February 29, 2008
Ending Tough Week, Obama Tries to Refocus Campaign
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama battled to refocus his campaign on the five-year-old Iraq war and the slumping U.S. economy, ending a week that saw him clobbered over incendiary remarks by his longtime Chicago pastor. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, his rival for the Democratic nomination, blasted away on the war and economy as well, while pressing demands to reinstate delegates in Michigan and Florida. Clinton won both contests, but the national Democratic Party said they would not be counted because the state votes were held too early and violated party rules.
March 25, 2008
The Obama Camp Asks LGBT Dems For Help
Obama's highest ranking gay staffer implored LGBT delegates Wednesday to get involved in the election, one of several clear pushes by the campaign this week to tap the resolve of our community.
August 28, 2008