President Obama has supported the LGBT community more than any other president in history. We should support him now and vote for his reelection Nov. 6. If you live in Michigan please use www.mivoterguide.com this you can print and take to the polls or locate this guide on your smartphone election day.
Marriage Equality
Affirmed his personal support for same-sex marriage
Opposed the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act and endorsed the Respect for Marriage Act, a legislative effort to repeal DOMA
Education and Youth
Hosted the first-ever White House conference on bullying in schools to provide information from various government agencies on how kids, teens, young adults, parents, educators, and others in the community can prevent or stop bullying
Created the Inter-Agency Task Force on Bullying to tackle bullying in our schools, including bullying of LGBT youth
Recorded an "It Gets Better" video in support of LGBT youth facing bullying at school
Health Care
Signed the Affordable Care Act into law, expanding access to health care and critical preventive services
Extended hospital visitation and medical decision-making rights to LGBT patients and their partners
Awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal to Janice Langbehn, a lesbian mother and activist whose story paved the way for the extending hospital visitation rights
Affirmed the administration's commitment to creating an AIDS-free generation
Included specific data on health needs of lesbian and bisexual women in the Health Resources and Services Administration's "Women's Health USA 2011" report for the first time
Promoted equal access to quality health care by enabling searches for health plans with same-sex partner benefits on Healthcare.gov
Included proposals to improve LGBT Americans' access to health care and provisions to continue the fight against HIV/AIDS in the administration's 2013 federal budget proposal
Created a National Resource Center for LGBT seniors and awarded a grant to SAGE (Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders), supporting the first community center for LGBT seniors
Jobs and the Economy
The administration worked to protect federal LGBT employees from workplace discrimination by adopting an equal-opportunity employment policy that includes both sexual orientation and gender identity
Ordered the federal government to extend key benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees
Clarified the Family and Medical Leave Act to ensure family leave for LGBT employees who need to care for their children.
Set a precedent in hiring LGBT employees by appointing more openly LGBT administration officials than any other president in U.S. history
Continues to support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Trans Equality
Ended the Social Security Administration's gender "no-match" letters and ensured that transgender Americans can receive passports that accurately reflect their gender identity
Established guidelines to help protect transgender federal employees from discrimination in the workplace
Established policy regarding the respectful delivery of health care to transgender veterans
Housing
Announced HUD's new rule protecting against housing discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity
Released America's first comprehensive plan to prevent homelessness, including homelessness among LGBT youth
Awarded a grant to the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Community Center to work with LGBT foster youth
National Security
Ended "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" so gay and lesbian Americans can serve the country they love without hiding who they are
Permitted military chaplains to officiate same-sex marriages where legal
International and LGBT Citizens Abroad
Ended the ban that prohibited people with HIV/AIDS from entering the United States
Created the first-ever U.S. government strategy dedicated to combating human rights abuses against LGBT persons abroad
Made it clear the United States will use all the tools of American diplomacy to promote LGBT rights abroad
Fought for the rights of LGBT persons worldwide by co-sponsoring the first UN resolution focused solely on LGBT rights
Directed agencies working abroad to combat the criminalization of LGBT status
Directed the Departments of State and Homeland Security to ensure LGBT refugees and asylum-seekers have equal access to protection and assistance
Prevented the removal of sexual orientation from a United Nations resolution condemning extrajudicial killings
Implemented a U.S. Agency for International Development policy to encourage contractors to implement and enforce non-discrimination policies for sexual orientation and gender identity
