For those who may not know, in the gay community - we have so-called gay icons: Judy Garland Bette Midler, Madonna, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga. Most often, they are female entertainers who blur the line between glamour and drag. Around these women, oftentimes a mythology develops, a sort of twisted hagiography of the Saints: detailing their childhood, many difficulties, and career triumphs. They are demigods in the homosexual pantheon. Oddly enough, President Obama has pushed his way into this circle of celestial divas. Why? First of all: I think it has to do with his personal persona: urban-black, young, and hip. This never happened with President Clinton. At the time of his initial election, I was in The Castro. And, although, the gays danced in the street when he won, they never really took to his Southern “Bubba” character; and less-so after he reneged on his promise to abolish DADT. Most of their adoration fell to Mrs. Clinton, who, in her own right, has become a gay icon. But, back to Obama. Secondly, Obama epitomizes the gay political idea: accepting, acquiescent, benign, but ideological and liberally fascistic. He aligns himself with no religion, and has no moral core. Like theirs, his thinking is closed-minded and insular: based on a post-1960s concept of free-love that also demands an accepting and protecting daddy. As a child, Obama was dumped by his father – and he never recovered. Like the gay community, he is wounded. Therefore, he prides his self-reliance, but also wants to be loved and acknowledged. Lastly: Obama is the incarnation of the false savior. Like the grand entrances that Beyonce and Cher make on stage during their concerts, covered in rhinestones and sequence, Obama is a heavenly messenger of the new gay nirvana: an age when all the pain and despair associated with homosexuality will disappear. But, that will never happen. Since, we were all forced to accept a homosexual orientation – because of the fact that we were hurt. Only, Obama promises an old lie: he is Glinda the Good Witch. Just click your heels together and everything will be fine.