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In reply to the discussion: Bruce Jenner: McConnell & Boehner would be "very receptive" to helping champion transgender cause [View all]Cha
(295,899 posts)credit to the President for being the first to say "Transgender" but he's "not a fan".. no mention of these Obama Admin accomplishments on Transgender Rights..
Obama Transgender Rights
"Obama's Transgender Rights Campaign Gets Little Attention" Yeah, it would take some actual investigating.. but "constitution"
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With little of the fanfare or criticism that marked his evolution into the leader Newsweek nicknamed "the first gay president," Obama became the first chief executive to say "transgender" in a speech, to name transgender political appointees and to prohibit job bias against transgender government workers. Also in his first term, he signed hate crime legislation that became the first federal civil rights protections for transgender people in U.S. history.
Since then, the administration has quietly applied the power of the executive branch to make it easier for transgender people to update their passports, obtain health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, get treatment at Veteran's Administration facilities and seek access to public school restrooms and sports programs just a few of the transgender-specific policy shifts of Obama's presidency.
MOre..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/obama-transgender-rights/