An Open Letter to President Barack Obama from Peter Tatchell
You can hear me read this letter on GayTalk Talk Radio by clicking here. An Open Letter to President Barack Obama On the occasion of his inauguration, 20 January 2009 From Peter Tatchell, British LGBTI human rights campaigner Dear President Barack Obama, Congratulations on the occasion of your inauguration. On this special day, the hopes of billions of people across our precious planet are vested in your presidency. They look to you to show practical and moral leadership in resolving the great challenges that face humanity. You have a historic opportunity to give new expression to the United State’s founding ideals of liberty, justice and equality, by defending human rights – including the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people, in the US and worldwide. There are many new policies you can initiate, at relatively little cost, which will greatly extend the realm of justice and freedom and rebuild the moral stature of the US across the globe: Propos...