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By Metro Weekly Contributor
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January 24, 2012
Well, it turns out President Obama only made one passing mention of gays in the military at the end of his speech. Read more at Chris Geidner’s summary of the State of the Union 2012.
Imagine what a sparkling, entertaining world this would be if Randy Rainbow were President of the United States
Not only would we have our first gay and Jewish president, but we would have a leader for whom camp and humor -- not the threat of nuclear weapons and defunding public schools for acknowledging the transgender community -- would be a guiding tenet. A leader whose razor-sharp, biting wit would make even the most fearsome, loathsome opponent -- be it Vladimir Putin or JD Vance -- cower in a corner.
Randy Rainbow would be a president for all -- a Rainbow coalition, as he himself puts it.
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With the sun shining and a high of 78 degrees, about 10 degrees above normal, Election Day 2024 in D.C. is curiously warm, though pleasant. A byproduct of climate change? It's hard to appreciate the weather, knowing it may herald planetary peril.
There is a similar pleasant-yet-apprehensive mood at Little Gay Pub at the corner of 11th and P Streets NW in the city's Logan Circle neighborhood. Artist Lisa Marie Thalhammer's stylized British phone-box mural cheerfully hugs the corner of the building. Vice President Kamala Harris's smiling visage is equally cheery on posters at the entrance, coupled with various Harris cutouts looking out of windows. Previous postings were vandalized, but everything is looking stellar as patrons arrive for a night of election results.
Metro Weekly is no stranger to political endorsements. We've been reporting about them for years. Human Rights Campaign, Victory Fund, Stein Democrats, Log Cabin Republicans.... Plenty of entities make endorsements, and for years we've shared those endorsements with our readers.
Making an endorsement of our own, however, is an exception to the rule. But as an independent publication with no fears of losing government contracts if we don't bow to a powerful candidate, we're comfortable making one. As an advocacy publication speaking to and on behalf of the LGBTQ community, we're little motivated to claim a spurious notion of neutrality, particularly in this election cycle. Today, we are at a colossal crossroads in the American experiment. Metro Weekly wants to make its position at this juncture crystal clear.
