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Obamas commemorate International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
“We take this opportunity to reaffirm that LGBT rights are human rights, to celebrate the dignity of every person, and to underscore that all people deserve to live free from fear, violence, and discrimination, regardless of who they are or whom they love.”
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Obama calls for end to discriminatory parenting laws
When President Obama declared May National Foster Care Month, he used words never before included in a White House proclamation about adoption.
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Obama calls for end to conversion therapy for LGBT youth
The move comes in response to an online petition posted on the White House website following the death of 17-year-old Leelah Alcorn. The transgender teen committed suicide in December and left behind writings mentioning religious therapy.
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Obama invokes gay rights struggle in marking Selma civil rights milestone
“We’re the gay Americans whose blood ran in the streets of San Francisco and New York, just as blood ran down this bridge.”
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Obama Administration backs nationwide marriage equality in Supreme Court brief
The Obama Administration has filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the high court to strike down same-sex marriage bans across the nation.
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Obama disputes aide David Axelrod’s take on same-sex marriage views
Barack Obama is disputing a longtime aide’s view that the president feigned opposition to same-sex marriage, compromising his true beliefs out of concern it could hurt him with voters.
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Longtime aide says Obama supported marriage equality long before he ‘evolved’
President Barack Obama feigned opposition to gay marriage for most of his political career, compromising his true beliefs out of concern it could hurt him with voters, Obama’s longtime political adviser David Axelrod disclosed in a new book.
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Obama’s budget proposal grants spousal benefits to married, same-sex couples
President Barack Obama’s $4 trillion budget proposal released Monday includes a major change to the Social Security Act that would allow same-sex couples to receive spousal benefits regardless of where they live.
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State of the Union: Obama says fight for marriage equality is ‘a story of freedom’
Just months before the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to consider the issue of nationwide marriage equality, President Barack Obama on Tuesday praised the issue as “a story of freedom across our country” and “a civil right.”
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Labor Department announces final rule for LGBT workplace executive order
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor on Wednesday announced the final rule for prohibiting discrimination against transgender federal employees and LGBT employees of federal contractors.