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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Eleveld, Kerry, author.     Subjects     Obama, Barack -- Political and social views.     Gay rights -- United States.     Same-sex marriage -- United States.     Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2012.     Gay people -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 21st century.     Homosexuality -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.     United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.     United States -- Social policy -- 1993-     Browse Catalog     by author:      Eleveld, Kerry, author.       by title:      Don't tell me to wai...         MARC Display

Don't tell me to wait : how the fight for gay rights changed America and transformed Obama's presidency / Kerry Eleveld. by Eleveld, Kerry, author. New York : Basic Books, c2015. Subjects Obama, Barack -- Political and social views.   Gay rights -- United States.   Same-sex marriage -- United States.   Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2012.   Gay people -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 21st century.   Homosexuality -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.   United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.   United States -- Social policy -- 1993- ISBN:  9780465074891 (hardback) : 0465074898 (hardback) Description:  xvi, 349 pages ; 25 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  "As former Advocate journalist Kerry Eleveld shows, Obama's support transformed the issue of gay rights from a political liability into an electoral imperative, and in Don't Tell Me to Wait she offers a boots-on-the-ground account of how gay rights activists pushed the president to this political tipping point. Obama's "evolution" on marriage equality was not the result of a benevolent politician who entered the Oval Office with a wealth of good intentions. Rather, pressure from lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender activists changed the conversation, issue by issue. As a result of the protests and outcry following the passage of California's same-sex marriage ban, Obama realized that overturning the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was the one 2008 campaign promise he couldn't ignore. While pledges to other progressive constituencies fell apart during Obama's first two years in office, the LGBT rights movement protested the administration's fecklessness early and often. By the time the sun set on the 111th Congress, the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal had become the sole piece of major progressive legislation to become law. The repeal's overwhelming success and popularity paved the way for other LGBT advances, including the president's eventual embrace of the freedom to marry"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 323.3264 El Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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