What has Barack Obama accomplished for homosexual rights and equality?
200917th June: Benefits for same-sex partners of federal employees were extended.
28th October: The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention, a federal legislation investigating and prosecuting hate crimes, was signed into law.
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20101st January: In federal workplaces, discrimination based on gender identity was banned.
9th June: Transgender Americans were allowed to receive real gender passports without surgery.
22nd June: The Family and Medical Leave Act was clarified, guaranteeing family leave for LGBT employees.
21st October: The ‘It Gets Better’ video was recorded to support LGBT children experiencing bullying.
22nd December: Barack Obama signed the repeal of the ’Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy, which forbade openly gay and lesbian people from serving in the U.S. Military.
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201119th July: Obama gave formal approval of the Respect for Marriage Act, which is trying to repeal the Defence of Marriage Act (a federal U.S. law denying benefits to same-sex couples).
15th September: He ended the Social Security Administration’s gender ‘no-match’ letters (letters sent to employers if your gender does not match the one on your Social Security number, which affects a lot of transgender people).
20th September: ‘Don’t Ask, Don't Tell’ was officially terminated.
1st November: Obama called for equal treatment for same-sex parents who adopt children.
6th December: Obama created the very first U.S. government strategy that fights human rights abuse against LGBT people overseas.
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