All except Wicks are openly gay staffers. The first was held at the home of Brad Lippitz and Jonathan Pizer in the Lakeview neighborhood, the second at the nearby Sidetrack gay bar.Īddressing the crowds were the Obama campaign's National Finance Director Rufus Gifford, Press Secretary Ben LaBolt, Digital Director Teddy Goff, Project Vote Director Buffy Wicks, and Jamie Citron, director of the LGBT Leadership Council, a project of Obama for America 2012 and the Democratic National Committee. Two events were staged in Chicago May 25 as benefits and outreach events for the President Barack Obama 2012 re-election campaign. This article shared 7982 times since Wed Jun 1, 2011
