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Thu Oct 16, 2014, 09:08 PM
Oct 2014

Accomplishments by the Administration and Congress on LGBT Equality

No one should rest until we have full LGBT equality. But after eight years of Republican disrespect, progress is being made. In its first term, the Obama Administration ...

FEDERAL LEGISLATION SIGNED INTO LAW

Signed 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 -- the first positive federal LGBT legislation in the nation's history

Repealed Don't Ask/Don't Tell


Signed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act

More Here! http://www.equalitygiving.org/Accomplishments-by-the-Administration-and-Congress-on-LGBT-Equality




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