In the First 10 Months in Office, the Obama Administration is Delivering for the LGBT Community:

After only 10 months in office, the Obama Administration has already made progress on a number of important LGBT issues:

• Reversed an inexcusable US position by signing the UN Declaration on Gay Rights
• Signed into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which expanded existing United States federal hate crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability
• Extended benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees
• Extended the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act
• Hired and appointed a record number of qualified LGBT Americans, including over 10 Senate confirmed appointments
• Worked with the State Department to lift the HIV Entry Ban by the beginning of 2010
• Supported lower taxes for same-sex couples who receive health benefits from employers
• Endorsed the Baldwin -Lieberman bill, The Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009, to provide domestic partnership benefits to federal employees
• Called for the repeal of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act
• Hosted the first LGBT Pride Month Celebration in White House history
• Released the first Presidential PRIDE proclamation since 2000
• Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Harvey Milk and Billie Jean King
• Appointed six new LGBT DNC Members, including the first transgender DNC member in history
• Has engaged with the Department of Defense to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell