Bill Clinton - MySoCalledGayLife.co.uk

With Executive Order, Obama Takes His Place in History

staffUSA - LGBTQ RightsJuly 21, 2014

In a White House ceremony this morning, President Obama will sign a sweeping executive order protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) workers from job discrimination. The order, profoundly consequential in its own right, dramatically underscores President Obama’s own LGBT legacy of achievement, unmatched in history: three landmark pieces of legislation; 90 significant policy or regulatory changes, including the largest conferral of rights in history to LGBT people via the implementation of the Windsor decision; and 15 federal judicial and seven ambassadorial appointments.

USA - LGBTQ Rights

President Obama Announces Executive Order Banning Workplace Discrimination Based on Gender Identity for Federal Employees

NewsdeskUSA - LGBTQ RightsJuly 2, 2014May 5, 2018

Tuesday night at the White House LGBT Pride Reception, President Obama announced he would be issuing an executive order to protect transgender federal employees from workplace discrimination. Once issued, it would expand upon an executive order from President Bill Clinton, which banned workplace discrimination among federal employees on the basis of sexual orientation.

USA - LGBTQ National

New HRC Report Highlights Trend between Pres. Obama’s Use of ‘Gay’ and Growing Support for Equality

LGBTnewswire.euUSA - LGBTQ NationalJanuary 24, 2014May 6, 2018

A new report from the Human Rights Campaign shows that President Obama’s unprecedented usage of words including “lesbian,” “gay,” “bisexual” and “transgender” in his public statements is contributing immensely to the political mainstreaming of LGBT people and marriage equality within American society.

USA - Pride & Event

GLAAD to honour President Bill Clinton; Leonardo DiCarprio, Charlize Theron, and Jennifer Lawrence to present

LGBTnewswire.euUSA - Pride & EventApril 3, 2013October 20, 2016

GLAAD, the U.S lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organisation, today announced it will honour former President Bill Clinton at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles. Entertainment attorney Steve Warren will also receive the Stephen F. Kolzak Award during the event at the JW Marriott on April 20, 2013.

Same-Sex Marriage

President Clinton Urges End to DOMA in WaPo Op-Ed

mscglSame-Sex MarriageMarch 8, 2013

In a Washington Post op-ed column running tomorrow, President Bill Clinton who signed the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act into law in 1996, called on the Supreme Court to overturn the ban on federal recognition of legally married same-sex couples, saying the law was “incompatible with our Constitution.”

Health USA - LGBTQ Politics USA - LGBTQ Up-Ed

We Can Save Medicare for Gays

Matthew ChenHealth USA - LGBTQ Politics USA - LGBTQ Up-EdJuly 14, 2011April 14, 2024

If we do not act now, the failure of leadership by President Obama and Democrats in Congress will lead our Medicare system to certain bankruptcy. We can save Medicare for current seniors — gay and straight — and make sure it’s around for today’s young people by supporting Representative Paul Ryan, House Budget Chairman.

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