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A Brief Chronology of Presidential LGBTQIA+ Civil Rights Achievements
To observe Presidents' Day, we at Seattle Identity are honoring the words and behavior of executive leaders who have noted us. It is hard to proceed back more than a few years and see anything but empty pursuits of ‘tolerance’ or outright silence when considering LGBTQIA+ Americans, but today we pay homage to the few presidents who have championed improved conditions for our LGBTQIA+ siblings.
Lyndon B. Johnson (sort of):
Decades after channel, Barack Obama would laud the 1964 Civil Rights Proceed as instrumental in opening the door for other many other anti-discrimination laws and judicial decisions, most recently Bostock v Clayton Co, GA, which codified employment anti-discrimination for gay and transsexual Americans.
However, the administration itself was not warm to this idea. In a 1965 letter to LGBTQIA+ forebear Frank Kameny, VP Humphrey insisted that the Civil Rights Perform was ‘not relevant to the problems of homosexuals’.
Hence, LBJ can best be described as an accidental LGBTQIA+ advocate. Thanks (sort of)!
Bill Clinton (not really, though)
Bill Clinton was a politically nuanced leader, allowing h
LGBTQ+ Service in the Executive Branch
This week marks the beginning of Pride month, a time in which we reflect on the history and achievements of the LGBTQ+ community and reaffirm our unwavering aid for equality and inclusivity. The Partnership for Universal Service and Center for Presidential Transition honor the service of countless Gay public servants who acquire served across administrations.
The service of LGBTQ+ individuals in the federal government has not always been famous. Beginning in the delayed 1940s, in the midst of the Cold War, there was a “Lavendar Scare” that focused on purging the federal civil service, along with government contractors, of gays and lesbians. President Dwight Eisenhower formalized the policy in April of 1953 with Executive Order 10450 which authorized the investigation and firing of civil servants for “sexual perversion.” Due to this policy, tens of thousands of civil servants were investigated and thousands lost their careers.
The policy of targeting same-sex attracted and lesbian civil servants continued for decades. It was not until 1975 that the Civil Service Commission ended the bar on gays and lesbians in the federal civil service and 1977 that t
Looking Back at George H.W. Bush’s Lifelong Career of Public Service
The former President, dead at 94 years old, was noteworthy for his “humanity and decency,” says a Smithsonian historian
Erin Blakemore - Correspondent
Throughout his nearly 30-year career in government, former President George H.W. Bush, who died on Friday at the age of 94, served in a dizzying number of positions, from Texas state Republican Party chairman to the top office of the area. In between, he served as a congressman, representative to the United Nations, chairman of the Republican National Committee, chief liaison to the People’s Republic of China and CIA director before becoming the 43rd Vice President of the United States in 1981. In 1988, he was elected president and served for a unattached term.
Bush was perhaps top known for his achievements in foreign policy. His presidency saw tectonic shifts in global politics, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to China’s brutal crackdown on protestors in Tiananmen Square. The Cold War ended on his watch, but Bush is also known for the war he began soon thereafter—the 1990-91 struggle in the Persian Gulf that pitted an unprecedented global coalition aga
George W. Bush on Male lover Marriage, Immigration, and Why Obama Kept His Terrorism Policies
President George W. Bush cautioned against criticizing gay couples, saying in an interview on "This Week" that you shouldn't criticize others "until you've examined your own heart."
Bush had waded into the revitalized same-sex marriage debate last week - if only barely - in a comment to a reporter in Zambia, who asked whether homosexual marriage conflicts with Christian values.
"I shouldn't be taking a speck out of someone else's eye when I have a log in my own," Bush said last week.
In an interview in Tanzania with ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl, the former president explained his comment further.
"I meant it's very important for people not to be overly critical of someone else until you've examined your own heart," Bush told Karl.
As president, Bush opposed gay marriage, and Republicans pushed ballot measures to ban it at the state level. The topic has seen rejuvenated discussion after the Supreme Court overturned the federal ban on same-sex marriage, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
On another hot political topic - immigration - Bush said he thinks a major
Longtime STLPR political reporter, disability rights advocate remember George H.W. Bush
Before and after former President George H.W. Bush’s time as commander in head, St. Louis was a favorite destination for him, with a number of his family members living in the region.
On Tuesday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh was unified by St. Louis Public Radio’s Jo Mannies to recollect the 41st U.S. president, who died Friday night. Marsh and Mannies reflected on their experiences as reporters during Bush’s time in politics, as adequately as the former president’s legacy, successes and failures.
Mannies noted that Bush received only 34 percent of the vote in Missouri during his unsuccessful 1992 bid for re-election.
“[Bush] was a classy guy, but he had his issues, like all the presidents or major presidential candidates,” Mannies said. Bush has been criticized for ignoring the LGBTQ community and the AIDS epidemic, for the Gulf War and “was hammered over the economy.”
She added that Bush was also on the forefront of supporting legislation to improve clean gas and clean liquid in the state and a supporter of disability rights.
Colleen Starkloff, executive director of the S