Tag: White House
Praises White House For Stance Against Conversion Therapy
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) commends the White House for speaking out against so-called conversion therapy for LGBT minors. Conversion therapy is a widely discredited practice that attempts to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Late yesterday the Obama Administration made its opinion known in response to a White House “We the People” petition calling for a ban on the practice. The petition, signed by more than 120,000 people, came in response to the tragic loss of a transgender teen from Ohio named Leelah Alcorn who died by suicide in late December. The petition says that prior to her death Leelah’s parents “forced her to attend conversion therapy, pulled her out of school and isolated her in an attempt to change her gender identity.”
Family Equality Council Applauds President Obama’s Announcement on Executive Order Banning Discrimination for Transgender Federal Workers
Family Equality Council®, the U.S national organisation which connects, supports, and represents the estimated three million parents who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer in the United States and their six million children of all ages praises President Barack Obama, following Monday’s announcement at a White House LGBT Pride reception that he will issue an executive order that bans discrimination against transgender federal employees.
President Obama Announces Executive Order Banning Workplace Discrimination Based on Gender Identity for Federal Employees
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.
First ever Irish gay activist invited to White House for St Patrick’s Day celebrations
Michael Barron, the director of BeLonG To, Ireland’s national service and advocacy organization for LGBT young people, has been invited to the White House for a series of meeting with senior administration officials marking St. Patrick’s Day.
All Major Professional Sports Leagues Go Purple for Bullied LGBT Youth
The White House today joined GLAAD and millions of Americans in ‘going purple’ for Spirit Day in a stand against bullying and to show its support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth.