Dan Choi: Obama’s Gay Hospital Visitation Order Is Just A Mere Token Gesture

Lieutenant Dan Choi has welcomed the order by President Obama to ensure that gay and lesbian families and patients are not discriminated against in terms of hospital visitation, but in a statement from GetEQUAL made it clear that the LGBT community was not willing to accept token gestures any more.

Promising more action against the Obama administration to fight for both LGBT equality rights, Choi said:

“Last week’s hospital visitation directive is a welcome, but small step. Long gone are the days when will we accept crumbs and politely smile as if we were served the entire meal. We are tired of waiting. We are tired of seeing our money and our support go to politicians who promise us everything yet give us only small token gestures in return. We will continue confronting our elected officials, including President Obama, with direct action demanding that they fulfill their campaign promises to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ and pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.”

Here at Queeried we’re 110% behind Choi’s sentiments. The LGBT community deserves the rights it’s lacking, however it’s become obvious no-one is ever going to hand these to us on a plate. If we want equality, like Choi says we need to take action, and whilst there’s no lack of commitment to that, there is one thing standing in our way, and it’s not homophobia.

It’s cohesiveness.

We as a community do a brilliant job at getting behind the cause, however the problem is what we don’t seem so good at is coming together as one to present one powerful message, something that has lead Jose Sudbay of AmericaBlogGay to suggest we might do well to take some tips from the NRA.  Joe, we couldn’t agree more.

Via Joe My God (story) & HoodieFanatic (photo)