The gay community hasn't been too happy with Obama so far but he may have won some over yesterday when he issued a proclamation for "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month." The last such proclamation was issued by President Bill Clinton during his final year in office, in 2000.

June has been considered “Gay Pride” month since shortly after the Stonewall Riots which occurred in June 28, 1969. On that night, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City resisted police harassment that had become commonplace for members of the LGBT community. The LGBT rights movement in America grew out of this resistance. During Pride Month, the gay community commemorates the events of June 1969.

“I continue to support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans,” Obama says in the proclamation in which he also mentions legislative priorities, including “enhancing hate crimes, supporting civil unions and Federal rights for LGBT couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy in a way that strengthens our Armed Forces and our national security.”

“As long as the promise of equality for all remains unfulfilled, all Americans affected,” he adds, calling on Congress and the American people to “work together to promote equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.”

But Obama does not make any promises on the timing of any action and that’s what the gay community is waiting for.

Want to take action around LGBT issues?

• Film a documentary on how gays are treated in your community.
• Start a petition in favor of (or against) gay marriage.