HE IS THE CHANGE AND HE'S STRAIGHT:

No Change for Obama: LGBT activists launch a boycott of Barack Obama and the Democratic Party. (Gemma Baltazar, 12/30/09, In These Times)

One year ago, many members of the LGBT community, their families and friends were overjoyed at Barack Obama’s election. Today members of that same community find their fervor has faded.

On November 9, AMERICAblog editors John Aravosis and Joe Sudbay launched a boycott of Obama and the Democratic Party. Those who sign their online petition take a pledge to withhold all donations to the Democratic National Committee and Organizing for America until the Employment Non-Discrimination Act is passed, and both Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) are repealed—all actions that Obama promised to fulfill as president. During the 2008 primaries, AMERICAblog was an early supporter of Obama, raising nearly $50,000 for him as a candidate.

AMERICAblog outlines concrete examples of the president not being the “fierce advocate” for the civil rights of gay and lesbian Americans that he had promised to be.