What's in it for us?

The LGBT community has so much to thank President Obama for. People say that he hasn't done anything eben though he's done quite a lot. It just goes to show how politically unaware people are when they open their mouths. Check out these things that he's done for us since his election.

In 2009:

• Created Federal government to extend key benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees.
•  Hosted the first White House LGBT Pride Reception in history
• Created a National Resource Center for LGBT elders
• Signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law

In 2010:

• Ended discrimination based on gender identity on federal government
• Ensured hospital and visitation rights for gay and lesbian parents
• Allowed trans Americans to recieve true gender passports without surgery
• Clarified the Family and Medical Leave Act ensuring family leave for LGBT employees
• Released Ameica's first comprehensive plan to prevent and end homelessness which includes LGBT youth
• Awarded a grant to the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Community Sevices Center to work with LGBT foster youth
• Recorded "It Gets Better" video
• Led a United Nations measure the restored "sexual orientation" to the definition of humam rights
• Signed the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

In 2011:

• Ensured government housing programs can no longer discriminate against the LGBT community
• Proposed more funding for LGBT prioities such as HIV/AIDS prevention and education as well as bullying and teen suicide prevention
• declared the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional and announced the administration will no longer defend its constitutionality in court
• Hosted a conference on bullying prevention at the White House
• Completed an institute of Medicine study on LGBT health, the first of its kind
• Clarified the meaning of family to include LGBT relationships, helping to protect bi-national families threatened by deportation
• Supported lesbian widow , Edith Windsor, in her suit against DOMA
• Issued guidance to foster safer working environments for transgender federal employees
• Strengthened enforcement of same-sex hospital visitation rights and decision making
•  Implemented the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

*All credit for the found information goes to Obama for America. Please don't sue me. Just trying to spread the word.