I've finally finished the excellent special inaugural issue that Newsweek produced. It is 128 pages of essays on such things as:
* How the definition of freedom has changed (it originally meant national self-determination without the undue influence of religion or foreign kings).
* How Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, and especially Lincoln contributed to this moment.
* What it was like under Jim Crow.
* How Obama's presidency (and Hillary's campaign) have changed things.
As part of that last topic Andrew Solomon says things have already changed for gays, even though Obama has not yet changed our legal reality. First, he knows we exist and has said so as part of key speeches. Second, we have now seen one discriminatory barrier fall. That alone gives us hope that other such barriers will also fall. It may not be soon, but there will be a gay or lesbian president.
Alas, these articles appear to not be on the web.
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