- For appointing the first out gay US Ambassador, Consul General, and federal judge.
- For ordering an end to President Eisenhower’s ban on gay federal employees, and being the first President to have more than 150 out gays and lesbians working in his Administration.
- For protecting gays eligible for federal health insurance, and an unprecedented guide for schools, “Protecting Students from Harassment and Hate Crime.
- For recognizing gays as a “distinct social group” for political asylum.
- For nearly tripling AIDS spending over President Bush, creating the first White House Office of National AIDS Policy, the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS, and first ever White House Conference on HIV and AIDS.
- For being the first President to endorse ENDA, a federal hate crimes act, and oppose bans on gay adoptions.
- For being the first President to meet with gay activists in the White House and declare June Pride Month.
- And for appointing Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer to the Supreme Court whose votes were so crucial to life-changing rulings in our favor.
![14958935_10205614533042295_1798559099_o The night Bill Clinton won the presidency in 1992, the Castro exploded](https://abuwjaawap.cloudimg.io/v7/_lgbtqnation-assets_/assets/2016/11/14958935_10205614533042295_1798559099_o.jpg?auto=format&auto=compress&gravity=face)
The night Bill Clinton won the presidency in 1992, the Castro exploded