Obama To Consider Gay Pentagon Appointment

President Obama is considering nominating an openly gay man to a top civilian Pentagon post, the Washington Post reported Thursday.

The president, under pressure from gay activists to live up to campaign promises he made to help secure greater rights for gay men and lesbians, is considering nominating William White to a high-ranking civilian Pentagon post.

The paper did not disclose the post being considered, but White, chief operating officer of Manhattan’s Intrepid Museum Foundation, was once touted by top retired military leaders and some Democrats in Congress to be the next Secretary of the Navy.

While heading the Intrepid, White has accumulated extensive contacts in the armed forces, and in 1996, he was awarded the Meritorious Public Service Award for his work with the Navy.

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Some retired military, Democrats support out leader for Navy secretary

Some retired military, Democrats support out leader for Navy secretary
William White, the openly gay chief operating officer of the Intrepid Museum Foundation, is being touted by some retired military brass and Democrats to get the nod as secretary of the Navy. The naming of White to the position would make him the first out leader of a branch of the services, but reportedly would not violate the military gay ban because the job is a civilian position. The Washington Times

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LGBT Center Director Burns Out Gay City News

That’s not really fair to Richard Burns, after 22 years as executive director of New York’s LGBT Community Center, but I couldn’t resist the headline. Burns has actually shown remarkable staying power, but is moving on in February to become the chief operating officer at the Arcus Foundation, part of whose mission is LGBT rights. The group’s executive director is Urvashi Vaid, who once led the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. See LGBT Center Director Burns Out Gay City News