I was very surprised to hear the news that my friend Diego Sanchez is going to by Rep. Barney Frank's (D-MA) new Legislative Assistant -- a senior policy advisor to the congressman. Mr. Sanchez is going to be taking over for Joe Racalto at Rep. Frank's Washington DC Congressional office -- Sanchez's new workplace is going to be a congressional office in Washington DC's Labor Building.
As Rep. Frank's Legislative Assistant, Sanchez will be responsible for tracking LGBT, healthcare, veterans, and labor issues, as well as issues regarding the 2010 census.
Final Post: I’m Back in Nashville
By Marisa Richmond
I have finally returned home from the 2008 Democratic National Convention. There was much speculation in the media, and among many private citizens, over what would happen at this year’s convention. I think it is safe to say that we far exceeded everyone’s expectations for success. I do need to tell you little more about my final day at the DNC before I turn to more general reflections.
Gender Expression Seen as Key to Gay Rights at Presidential Convention
The largest gay rights organization in the world will see gender expression rights as necessary to achieve rights for gay people (gay men in particular) and will push for and achieve these rights before achieving those based upon sexual orientation alone. I know some will think this a bold statement - but it's not a prediction. It's a fact.
In 1972 the largest Gay rights group in the world was a coalition of 450 organizations called The National Coalition for Gay Rights. The NCGR was planning protests of both the Republican & Democratic Conventions - both of which were being held in Miami that year.
Stonewall Democrats' official list of openly LGBT delegates at the convention
National Stonewall Democrats recently held a press conference to report that there are 365 openly-LGBT 2008 Democratic National Convention participants. This is an increase from a total of 275 openly-LGBT convention participants reported in 2004.
In a just-released document (PDF) obtained by the Blend, John Marble of NSD has provided the full list of LGBT delegates, alternates and pages.
See the full list (converted to HTML) below the fold.
The proposed 2008 Dem platform updates and convention news
UPDATE (3PM): My rough notes on the call (at least what I was able to listen in to), are below.
UPDATE 2 (Tues 8/12 - 7:30 AM): Thanks to Steve Clemons, here is a copy of a 'near final draft." I think this is a huge, inclusive improvement on the last version.
There was a media briefing today on the approval of the proposed Democratic National Platform, covering some of the issues that were discussed in my earlier post on the initial draft, including:
- What does the proposed Democratic National Platform say about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues?
- How does the proposed 2008 language differ from language offered in 2004?
- What areas will the platform address that it did not in 2004?
- What role did LGBT Democrats play in shaping the proposed platform?
On the call were:
* Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Member of the Democratic Platform Drafting Committee and Co-Chair of the Obama for America LGBT Steering & Advisory Committee.
* Jon Hoadley, Executive Director of the National Stonewall Democrats
Diego Sanchez
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