The gays are all over the Democratic Party's convention!

Prior to Ted Kennedy's gay shout-out, treasurer Andy Tobias addressed the crowd to discuss - what else? - the economy. In addition to discussing our nation's mounting financial troubles and how his party's the best for our collective coffers, Tobias took time to highlight his homo ways:

As a gay man, I yearn for a president who believes in equal rights for all Americans. But most of all, as an American, I yearn for a president that the world can root for and be inspired by. Because having much of the world on our side again would not only be good for our national security, it would be good for business.

The crowd went wild…

On another note, who chose the convention's intro music?

Things are about to get sticky for the Democratic National Committee.

According to documents obtained by PageOneQ, a series of senior Democratic National Committee officials has been subpoenaed in an ongoing discrimination lawsuit by former LGBT outreach director Donald Hitchcock. Those ordered to provide sworn testimony include chairman Howard Dean, openly gay treasurer Andy Tobias, and Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council executive Director Brian Bond.

Hitchcock alleges that the DNC fired him after his boyfriend, political consultant Paul Yandura, wrote a scathing letter about the Democratic party's governing organization.

Hitchcock also alleges that the DNC paid him less than his peers and that Dean, Tobias and others attempted to smear his name. The DNC won't comment on the case, but Hitchcock says "I look forward shining light on the facts and discussing under oath the circumstances of my employment and unfair termination from the DNC."

See the discovery schedule, after the jump…

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The homo heat's on Howard Dean and the Democratic National Committee.

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