Reply #7: Regarding waiting... What are your options? [View All]

Try being in your mid-60s. My political activism for our community started in the 70s. My job and my partner's jobs were threatened. My partner (who had a high profile academic position) was the subject of a state investigation in the 80s. Thank God for tenure. Our house was vandalized. We even received physical threats from other members (only men) of our community because some thought our "outness" might somehow wash over on them and "people would know" and they would lose their jobs. Note: We lived in a university town in the lower midwest.

I knew from day one that Obama did not care about us - that we made him uncomfortable. What he has done is not a surprise. The moment he was nominated I added 8 years to the time we would be required to wander in the darkness.

Like you - I have been a political junkie all of my life. It started while in elementary school and the civil rights movement. That is why Obama's treatment is particularly galling to activists of a certain age and background.

Stay in the game - its truly your only option.