Former gay rights protesters support Obama and Democrats

But in surveying a host of gay rights activists and donors, it seems increasingly clear that his relationship with the community is in fairly good shape...

Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

From Huffington Post:

NEW YORK — With President Barack Obama set to travel to New York City for a high-profile LGBT fundraiser gala on Thursday and the state of New York likely poised to pass a same-sex marriage bill around the same time, the potential for tension or simply good-old-fashion heckling seems high.

But in surveying a host of gay rights activists and donors, it seems increasingly clear that — while there remains tremendous disappointment over the speed of Obama’s continued “evolution” on gay marriage — his relationship with the community is in fairly good shape.

One metric: When the Democratic National Committee hosted an LGBT fundraiser nearly two years ago to the day, the prevailing narrative surrounded who exactly would protest. Thursday, two of the three people who conspicuously skipped that event — either out of moral objection or a longstanding policy against donating to committees — will play a supporting role. The third is a DNC treasurer who was not available for comment.

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