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In reply to the discussion: Obama scolds heckler: 'You're in my house' [View all]Cha
(297,723 posts)25. It is where he lives.. he was elected twice by the People of this Nation to live there..
"The president singled out discrimination facing transgender Americans as an area where more progress needs to be made."
Obama Appoints Transgender Attorney Shannon Minter To White House Commission
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/08/obama-transgender-lgbt-rights_n_7538008.html
Obama administration advocates for transgender people
1. Obama is the first chief executive to say "transgender" in a public speech.
2. Obama is the first to name transgender political appointees.
3. Obama is the first to prohibit job bias against transgender government workers.
4. The first federal civil rights protection for transgender people in U.S. history was a hate crime legislation signed in by Obama.
5. The executive branch has made it easier for transgender people to update their passports, obtain health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, get treatment at Veterans' Administration facilities, and seek access to public school restrooms and sports programs.
6. Obama is the only president to invite transgender children to participate in the annual Easter egg roll at the White House.
7. The Office of Personnel Management announced that government-contracted health insurers could start covering the cost of gender reassignment surgeries for federal employees, retirees, and their survivors, which ended a 40-year prohibition.
8. The Department of Health and Human Services reversed a policy that prevented Medicare from financing transgender healthcare services.
9. Obama plans to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
10. The U.S. Education Department extended Title IX, the law that bans gender discrimination in education, to protect transgender students, and President Obama backed that action.
These make up a large part of why Mara Keisling, executive director for the National Center for Transgender Equality said about Obama, "He has been the best president for transgender rights, and nobody else is in second place."
http://www.glaad.org/blog/obama-administration-advocates-transgender-people
Obama Appoints Transgender Attorney Shannon Minter To White House Commission
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/08/obama-transgender-lgbt-rights_n_7538008.html
Obama administration advocates for transgender people
1. Obama is the first chief executive to say "transgender" in a public speech.
2. Obama is the first to name transgender political appointees.
3. Obama is the first to prohibit job bias against transgender government workers.
4. The first federal civil rights protection for transgender people in U.S. history was a hate crime legislation signed in by Obama.
5. The executive branch has made it easier for transgender people to update their passports, obtain health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, get treatment at Veterans' Administration facilities, and seek access to public school restrooms and sports programs.
6. Obama is the only president to invite transgender children to participate in the annual Easter egg roll at the White House.
7. The Office of Personnel Management announced that government-contracted health insurers could start covering the cost of gender reassignment surgeries for federal employees, retirees, and their survivors, which ended a 40-year prohibition.
8. The Department of Health and Human Services reversed a policy that prevented Medicare from financing transgender healthcare services.
9. Obama plans to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
10. The U.S. Education Department extended Title IX, the law that bans gender discrimination in education, to protect transgender students, and President Obama backed that action.
These make up a large part of why Mara Keisling, executive director for the National Center for Transgender Equality said about Obama, "He has been the best president for transgender rights, and nobody else is in second place."
http://www.glaad.org/blog/obama-administration-advocates-transgender-people
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Nice video at the link. I can't embed it, but it's worth a click through to see it. nt
Electric Monk
Jun 2015
#1
Was this in the residence? If not, it's the office, period. What was it that Hillary said a while
24601
Jun 2015
#8
what issues is she raising, all I can hear is blah blah blah blah blah Obama blah blah blah
snooper2
Jun 2015
#34
He did listen to her--but she was saying the same thing over and over, and she wouldn't
MADem
Jun 2015
#30
It is where he lives.. he was elected twice by the People of this Nation to live there..
Cha
Jun 2015
#25